Hullo. I'm not being rude but just wondering... why is it a huge problem if the likes and reblogs are uneven when you said that you create contents for yourselves???
Okay first off, here’s my problem with your ask: you took two different things I said and put them together when I said them separately for a reason. While you may not have seen it as a problem, it is because it changed what I had said before. On to the problem with the topics I brought up.
Also in my explanation, I want to clarify that when I say “you” I don’t mean you personally. I’m talking in the general sense and meaning you as in the fandom.
Here’s the context for both statements I made:
1. Creating content for ourselves: “When we non-white and/or LGBT+ fans create such edits, we are not doing it for the white and/or straight only community. WE ARE CREATING THIS CONTENT FOR OURSELVES.“
2. Likes vs. reblogs: “The other problem for content creators is the clear unevenness in the ratio of likes vs. reblogs. I.e. when a person makes an edit and gets 50 notes on their edit, the ratio looks something like “43 likes, 7 reblogs”. This is a huge problem for content creators not just in the Narnia fandom!! It’s happening in every fandom and the issue is some of these creators may depend on followers to get their content out past just circle the creator has.”
So on to what I meant with each statement:
1. The reason I said we create content for ourselves was in a statement about the issue of forcing diversity. When POC or LGBT+ fans of the series ask creators to create content (because they may not know their way around how to make edits and such) we are told to make our own stuff if the idea doesn’t line up with what the creator imagines. Which, fair enough, sometimes creators don’t want to change their interpretations for whatever reason. The problem is when those VERY SAME POC or LGBT+ fans DO create content for their own interpretations, we are immediately told that it’s “forcing diversity” even though that’s literally what we’ve been told to do. CREATE IT OUR FUCKING SELVES. That is what I meant for the creating it for ourselves part of my statement.
2. The likes vs. reblogs issue. Some of the creators that create content are artists or writers that depend on their followers to get word out about them and their work. Some of them depend on commissions and donations that they get because of the RECOGNITION they receive about their work. If that doesn’t make you see the issue, here’s a similar example to give you an idea of what I mean as to why likes vs. reblogs is an issue: if you see a movie/show or hear a song or read a book you like or even love, you recommend it to others because you want it to be appreciated. You want it to get the recognition it deserves. When you like an edit, you are not helping spread the word about the creator or the content. When you reblog an edit you are getting the word out for the creator and their content. You are showing others that follow you how amazing you think it is. Liking it just keeps it quiet, reblogging it spreads the love for it and allows others to love it too. The other issue with this is that when it is about the diverse content a fandom makes (especially a smaller one like Narnia) and you simply like it, you’re not supporting the diversity at all. You can call yourself an ally for POC and/or the LGBT+ community, scream it from goddamn rooftops as much as you want to, but you ARE NOT AN ALLY because you ARE NOT willing to support us when we need you to. We need you to speak up when these issues come up like they did with the confession. We need you to reblog our DIVERSE content if you call yourself an ally because otherwise you’re telling us ‘oh I like it/agree with it, but not enough for others to know’. It’s like you’re keeping us a dirty secret and THAT’S NOT FAIR to us in the slightest.