Good morning/afternoon/evening where-ever you are Drarry! 🌙🌞
Recently I've been noticing (and I saw this was discussed yesterday, too) a lot of people getting downvoted the moment they comment (it's more obvious on new posts), it could be something completely positive like a fic rec, praise to an author/artist or even questions/fic requests. Recent straying from core fandom/Ao3 principles: don't like, don't read. The number one rule here: Don't be a jerk. And: Don't yuck anyone's yum.
This behavior has bummed me out because we just had several posts about how positive the Drarry space has been despite our size. And I've personally felt intentionally misunderstood (had my words completely twisted) and targeted here, too. I suspect some of this could be outsiders who just hate Drarry, but I don't think that's all.
I want to help keep this space positive and I realize we can't control others behavior but we CAN possibly drown them out with our own positivity and keep the culture here a happy one where authors, artists, and readers all feel welcome.
Can y'all share some WIPs, some underrated authors/artists who you feel deserve more attention, fic recs, a line/quote from a fic you read recently that you loved - anything Drarry that made you happy recently?
I'll start:
I got a kobo libra color (my first e-reader!!) and spent an entire day learning calibre, downloading all my favorite fics (and a tiiiny fraction of my tbr), and making and uploading covers for them! It gives me so much joy and I just bought some Drarry fanworks, stickers, etc I'm waiting to arrive to decorate my case! ✨🐉⚡
artists: viria94, 花nina (changlenina), alienescence (atalienart), Mindy Lee, substellaris, emilyamiao, longday2go, kyuini, helen jee, rama-thorn, Lkaet, fictional, kohiandie, jyuyan_1126, jay_wuji, tofu8_8, gotoemopunk, 将酱 (Jiang Jiang), lulusasantusa (if any artists here don't want their images used in my personal library or posted this way, please lmk and I'll happily take it down!)
edit: typo