Like I said in the title, this blog post is only to share my thought about Why I'm seriously thinking of locking my fictions …

okay, so I know what some of you will say : either "do it I don't care" or "why? This is stupid..."

Yes it is, but the now very famous matter with EYK made me think about a lot of things differently and this is the conclusion I came with.

First I guess I should explain (briefly)my opinion on this... subject.

Beforehand, I better tell it now, No that's not because of them, or their fault in any way. Not At All!

I just noticed those details with the reaction their tweet provoked, and if it hadn't been them, it would have been someone else. but

I DON'T BLAME THEM! I DO NOT think it's their Fault!

But the fuss created by their tweet showed me details I never took in such consideration before. This is not because of them, but after that, because of the reactions ir provoked, I thought about everything differently

So like almost everybody know, EYK asked for their followers (and I'm one of them) to share their favourite fanfic for an unsaid possible use.

Immediately a lot of author craving for popularity send theirs, and even more seemed uncomfortable about the idea, without knowing what this was about and those began to hide/deleted/lock their fiction or ask their readers not to share it.

I was/am part of the second group.

Of course, this provoked various reactions, some very harsh from the frustrated readers who saw the access limited (or prohibited). And some of them turned really violent against EYK. The [word] violence was pretty useless and completely stupid, but still, I didn't like more the answers.

Because after that, I saw many people saying the authors over-reacted, how stupid this behaviour (locking/deketing) was because there was no reason to create such problems since on the internet, if you share something, this is for everybody to see and then you also have to be able to face the critic.

...

Well basically it's not wrong, but it's not true either. As much in a legal than personnal POV.

Unlike many people (probably non-reader/author) suggested, it's not because I was afraid of a review or anything, but because I write in a community and I want it to stay there.

A community means that you have things in common. Contrary to many people out there, I'm not a k-pop fan, but I'm a real Cassiopeia. Since I'm writing only about DBSK, I assume all my readers are also dbsk's fans... and as fans, they know what I'm talking about, and they can understand the feelings I'm trying to put into my work.

I also put warnings and explanation because then I know that the one reading, are people who might like the subject I write about.

Because we share those interests.

This is the problem many people didn't seem to get.

A lot of people (non-author I believe) simply criticized the author for using this solution and think internet is a giant free world where we can take what we want and do everything we feel like, but it's not.

When I'm writing, it's not for everybody, but for people who Might like it.

The one who made such problem are People who usually does Not read fanfiction. If they do, it's only to 'see' and then, I don't think they'll (not all, but most of them at least) be objective.

I'm not afraid of those comments, it must be very selfish/arrogant, but I just feel like they don't deserve to read something I know they won't like.

That's all.

Also about why I'm thinking about locking everything, this is the result of what I previously said, with one more detail.

As I read the comments about over-reacting, I noticed that some took the fanfic like something the author writes for the public, and since it is in free access online, there was no use for compensation whatesoever, as if it was a due and they were making a favour to the author by sharing/commenting.

I don't think it should be seen this way.

Writing works with an author and readers, the relation goes in both ways and I don't get how those people could say such things without feeling stupid or mean toward the author.

However, as bad as it is, this is my work, my time and the things I like, feel, imagine, want... that I put in my fanfics.

I'm slow to write, but I'm personally very invested in what I work on.

I kept it in free access until now because I thought everybody could get that, but it seems that is not the case.

I guess this is also why there's so many problems with plagia, and why so many people don't even take a moment for a single word after reading (and I don't mean here, the moments you're tired or the few fanfic you don't really know what to say after reading).

I'm not asking for anything, I can't change the world anyway, but I just noticed.

I don't know... for me it was just a matter of respect.

I think I was pretty naive about that.

Maybe it's true (even if legally it's not), if it is free access, then it is for everybody to see and do whatever they want...

I didn't decide anything yet, but yeah... I'm seriously thinking of locking my fictions ...

Owari