flintsredhair:

Friends, for the record, I don’t mind if you feel the need to unfollow me, but let’s be clear: I have the right to criticize a fictional character on my own blog with it clearly tagged – and that’s what it is. Criticism. Hate would be me sitting around refusing to hear anything positive about the character ever and tearing down everything he ever did. I don’t mind Silver as a character. He’s clever as fuck, he’s got all kinds of issues that he needs 18th century therapy for, and I liked him and Madi together – they loved each other a lot and while I don’t like his actions I understand where they came from. I don’t ship him with Flint, but I think he and Muldoon would have been cute together if we’re looking for a non-het ship, and I’m perfectly willing to talk about and like him in a non-canon setting like modern AUs. Hell, in a modern AU, I’m perfectly happy to see him paired with Flint and whoever else floats your boat. Even if I did hate him though – my participation in fandom should not be conditional upon my willingness to like the fandom fave. The end of this little PSA is that I’d really appreciate it if everyone could stop listening to anyone who insists that I post Silver hate and simply judge me on what I actually do post.

Oh, and also for the record – I was not the anon that came after @primal-scream. That shit needs to stop. Fic is fic, fic writers should write what they like and the rest of us should sit back and enjoy it.