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gingerbreadmonsters · 1 year

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OMG youre right 😭😭😭 idk if the fandom would be able to handle a listener that is kinda lazy, I feel like theyd get called selfish or some shit 💀💀 Begging Erik for a “comforting you into doing the damn thing you have to do”

I seen so many people relating to all the listeners that overwork (so all of them 😐) like damn. You got the energy for that? wild. Makes me feel a little bad but aight okay that’s fine.

god that would be AMAZING as an audio...... catch me playing that on loop to get me through my day 😫😫 if i had the energy to work like those listeners i would be literally unstoppable!!

i know that the whole point of this kind of self-insert bf audio stuff is to put yourself in the listener's shoes, feeling like the characters are speaking directly to you, and that people don't generally enjoy feeling like they're being criticised - but damn i do wish we could have a little more collective tolerance for listeners who aren't necessarily wonderful perfect people whose only downside is that they're too good at what they do 🕺🕺

#i have absolutely nothing against any of the listeners whatsoever - i really like how mr erik does things #i love the listeners and i love putting myself in their places and imagining myself in their shoes #but in my personal opinion if a listener does something you don't agree with or that you think is bad or wrong or whatever #then why is your immediate reaction to start kicking and screaming saying that they're instantly an awful monstrous character who you hate #and not to just say 'well ok i would never do that' and move on #this is why i get a little bit nervous when people say they 'kin' the listeners #we do realise that the listener is DESIGNED to be as blank as possible so that as many people as possible can project onto them don't we?#and thus the character you're identifying with is just..... you??#either that or you're identifying with a fanon version of the listener character that has been constructed by the fans #and thus is an ever-changing concept of a character that not everyone will interpret in the same way #this is not to bash or criticise outright anyone who kins characters - do what you want dude it has nothing to do with me #but it makes me very wary in this fandom in particular #bc that feeling of OVER-identifying with a character and going for TOO long of a walk in their shoes #is when we get that super-reactionary hyperbolic '[x character] SUCKS!!!' thing that just ends up making everyone feel bad #it's what happened to bright eyes and it's what's happening to cutie #(and you could argue that it happened to imp!baby as well but that's a slightly different kettle of fish that we don't need to get into)#idk dudes do whatever you want it's none of my business #(but please do take a moment to ask yourself one question:)#(why do you think i felt that i had to give a disclaimer that i didn't hate any of the listener characters - who don't really exist?)#ginger speaks to anons #hope you're having a great week anon!!#it's nearly the weekend..... almost.... 🥳🥳

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