Recently read a fic that had a scene that basically encompasses my frustrations with modern fandom treatment of Ink in fanfiction.

It was a reader insert one, that I’m not gonna specify what it was about because 1) I don’t wanna send harassment to the author and 2) I didn’t read the whole thing bc well I couldn’t it just made me too upset.

But the scene in question, or rather couple of scenes, was that the reader, who was living with Error, had just recently witnessed him murder several innocent civilians in an AU, the fic going out of its way to mention the screams of parents and children as they were killed.

And soon after, when the Star Sanses arrive to stop him, at one point the reader’s internal dialogue BLAMES INK’S “Creating too much” (cuz the fic operated on FGOD fanon bc of course it did. Not even tagged as FGOD mind you) for Error “”having”” to destroy AUs and kill innocents. Basically shifting ALL THE BLAME for Error’s actions into Ink because… neglecting the balance or something. Because obviously Error doesn’t want this right? He must be forced into it!!1! /s 🙄

We’re making Error out to be the victim at Ink’s expense again folks! 🙃

It was especially frustrating because NOT EVEN A FEW PARAGRAPHS AGO we had gotten a whole description of just how upset the reader was when Error was destroying and the sheer suffering of the inhabitants. But then they turn around and just, defend him??? Because what, Ink was being a little bit cocky????

Tbh I’m tired of the “UwU sympathetic protag Error, meanie unsympathetic antagonist Ink” trope already. It’s no longer subversive to popular fandom convention, it’s virtually the norm now.