anon · 3mo
No offense but I don't think the Sinners fandom deserves artists like you. The fandom doesn't deserve Sammick shippers or Remsmoke or Remstack shippers like... the Sinners fandom is so goddamn puritanical and homophobic it's crazy.
I get feeling protective of a film like Sinners, I really do, and gatekeep the fuck out of it if you want, that's fine. But then don't complain about the fandom dying or not being as popular etc? Because it's due to the antis driving everyone away, especially Sammick shippers, and their harassment and shit working as a self-fulfilling prophecy. You wanted people out, well, they're out. No one wants to engage with y'all because you keep harassing real people over FICTIONAL characters and thinking you're being intellectual or some shit?
I don't want to end this on a negative note. I just wanted to say that I don't engage with the Sinners fandom at all these days, but I always lurk in the Sammick side of ao3 and twitter. I love you all. You're talented, amazing, and you're stronger than I am. Love you all thank you for all the fanworks and the meta and the hcs and all the beautiful kinky works and conversations. At least one kudo will always come from me ❤️
Ah shoot i didn't receive notification of your message, sorry anon! Thank you for the long heartfelt message, i truly appreciate your support... 🥲
Ngl that self-fulfilling prophecy BREAKS my heart bc now these excellent black characters are exempt from typical creative fandom exploration, and any new fans (who doesn't even need to like sammick) get scared away from Sinners entirely because of how aggresive and policing these antis are. Im not into sammick as hardcore as i was before, but the hype (for Sinners at least) does feel short-lived. There are so few people who keep the fandom alive (by chatting or making fanworks) and Sammick shippers are consistently the most active in doing this yet we also got consistently attacked and treated like shit. Sometimes i also think to myself that im sick of drawing sammick because these assholes dont deserve to even lay their eyes on my art but that means losing to their bullying and thats not gonna happen :) (i moved for another reason)
Hell, even the discourse regarding canon ships were already very prevalent back in the hype, some straight up loudly shamed others just because they liked specific characters and it makes for a very unwelcoming, tense fandom situation.
No wonder Sinners fandom stay small.
Still, im happy and grateful for the loud support and love sammick shippers or deaddove sinner shippers give to me. If not for them, i wouldve bailed from the start lol
You guys rock!
