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i have some thoughts on zar’s exit from the fandom & their decision to delete their fics and how the fandom is reacting to that. and the fandom is reaction horribly.
and the irony of it all! because, arguably, crimson rivers is what zar is most known for. crimson rivers, set in the hunger games universe, created by suzanne collins to criticize capitalism, the entertainment industry, and consumerism patterns of offered media and how it varies based on a social class. and zar’s work added so much nuance to what suzanne collins had written. zar had done an excellent job writing james, sirius, and regulus as victors and exploring their respective traumas when it comes to being in the public eye.
regulus (and james, too) constantly felt like he had no autonomy and no choice because he was thrust into the public light and pressured into doing exactly what was expected of him. and sirius? oh, sirius. sirius won his games and was made into this galaxy-sized celebrity by the hallows, expected to conform to every assumption made about him, to follow all the rules his new role as a mentor & a victor burdened him with. but most importantly—the hallows viewed sirius as nothing more than what he could offer to them. they looked at him and did not see the person.
zar wrote that, and tens-hundreds of thousands people read it and completely misunderstood. because zar wrote 865k words exploring how traumatizing it is to be made into an Image, to be stripped away of your autonomy for the sake of entertaining others. zar wrote that, only for the marauders fandom to do the exact same thing to them that the hallows did to sirius, to regulus, to james; to victors.
and that. that is fucking infuriating.
because, yes, zar is a brilliant writer, but first and foremost, zar is a person. and the way a large part of the fandom has been treating them is completely dehumanizing.
STOP saying “i respect/support zar’s decision but [insert a paragraph about how devastated you are and how you cannot stop crying]”.
STOP sharing the pdfs/epubs of his fics on literally all social media platforms when it’s the one thing zar explicitly asked people to not do.
STOP feeling entitled to the creative work that does not the fuck belong to you. STOP thinking that you have any right to demand anything from zar. STOP hiding emotional manipulation in-between words of illusory support and respect.
and to quote zar: for fuck’s sake, STOP calling them zeppazariel.
zeppazariel is a brilliant writer who was elevated within the fandom to a height so big that it hurts when you fall and crash, and the fandom pushed zar down. the marauders fandom made zar into a full-blown celebrity, but
zar is a person.
REMEMBER THAT.
hi zar! can we get sad little facts about some of the tributes?
sure! CRIMSON RIVERS SPOILERS AHEAD!!!
mulciber: avery was his boyfriend, and he didn't even get to say goodbye to him/his dead body, because avery was being lifted out by the time he caught up
avery: mulciber was his boyfriend, and he basically had the same plan as james, except to the extreme. he intended to kill everyone and make sure mulciber made it home
hodge: his favorite sweet was peanut brittle, and he only had his mother as family
quinn: she only joined the death eaters because her father found them entertaining to watch, so she wanted to put on a good show for him
willa: her father didn't love/care about her
axus: they had a big family they were eager to get home to
bernice: she had a baby and a fiancé
mathias: they were raised by their grandparents because their parents were tributes when they were a baby, and like them, their parents died in the arena. they had no siblings, but irene filled that role for them
irene: had family, but didn't plan to make it home unless mathias died, because she would have died so they could get home. had no siblings, but mathias filled that role for her
vanity: 3 siblings, all younger, and they're all named after furniture—vanity, curio, divan and hoosier (twins)—and she had a crush on hodge only after she got reaped, except hodge killed her, so...yeah
peter: only had his mum, and he felt very out of place in life, kinda lonely and outside of most things. in this life, he didn't have james, sirius, and remus to give him friendship. just james, the first person who made him feel like he belonged, even in the midst of horror, which was why he didn't know where home was and why he couldn't kill james
evan: his parents were abusive and they died some years before he was ever reaped. he didn't give them funerals, and he'd moved out the moment he could. didn't go back home even after his parents died. he had a favorite tree that he climbed literally every day. also, he had no friends, until regulus
Me in my chem lab approximately 10 minutes after reading the reaping section of Crimson rivers
(I still haven't finished the new chapter bc of aforementioned lab. I am not ok)
Crimson River fans or marauders fans in general need to go listen to fear of the water by Noah Kahan right now! (Ps. Be prepared to cry)
Also please give me song recs that fit Crimson Rivers/ marauders vibes
Crimson River fans or marauders fans in general need to go listen to fear of the water by Noah Kahan right now! (Ps. Be prepared to cry)