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All right, I had a long talk and I guess it's time we address this can of worms.
/meat/ writers, gather round.
We all know deep inside that recent changes to the board culture has not been easy on us.
We've developed this nasty habit of us not being honest with ourselves. Delusional in our own fantasies even.
Yes I know we're all grieving over the fact we no longer have a thread but taking it out on the project has not been a healthy decision. The story is supposed to reflect the board, not as a getaway fantasy into our own ideal version of the board. Which is what we have been doing since.
Now I'd like to address three issues.
1. Our disorganisation.
As much as we've all been at the forefront of contributions, we have not been an organised bunch. Each of us contributed lore in bits that we throw them onto a pile and see what works. For example, our main lore doc. While it is a fun read, it is mainly made up of fluffs and niche topics. Whilst only recently we only thought about homeland lore such as political organisation and legislation.
2. Fantasy escapism
Founder, I know how much you've been trying your hardest to keep the threads up. Even getting bans for the team, but the recent story you've wrote where it ends with 'the death of a j***y' brought up an issue where it crossed a line that should not be crossed; self-insert escapism. I know how much you have your grudges but to write that a mere thread, a banned one to add, was able to get a j***y expelled is the epitome of 'mary sue power fantasy'. To carve out an event that never happened just for the sake of making ourselves still look like we're in our heyday.
Second of all, you said yourself that you believe in a popular support for any new lore no matter how ridiculous. Sadly the exile lore where /meat/ as a nation is secluded from the world by j***y magic has not been given said support. You cited /ybc/ lore as its conception but /ybc/ anon said himself that he does not approve of it.
So to you, I deeply request that you rethink and revise that story of yours so that it truly reflects our current state of what we are, not what we want to be, and to also remove parts that were unsavoury to those you cited. If you truly are a man of your word, and you really want the thread to adopt your method, you should begin with that story.
3. Mary Sue Powerlevel
PG, this issue is directed towards you. I understand how much writing lore for /meat/ and the magic system meant for you. You were very passionate about it and wanted others to use it as well. However, your behaviour of insisting on others to instantly understand your way of doing things have been making more harm than good.
In recent months you have been increasingly persistent and insistent in upholding the belief that /vtwbg/ is and always will be another front for /meat/. Any attempts at writing lore that goes against your vision, such as /hag/bro's curse idea, was immediately met with defiance. Any attempts at writing a story where /meat/ is at a loss, such as the Risu warlord or /moon/'s defenses, were met with criticism in the name of canonicity.
But the question is, what is canon is this sense? Was it canon that has been set in stone, or canon that you envisioned? A canon where our thread is still at the forefront, the vanguard of lorekeeping. But that age has waned away months ago with every new writer. Your insistence on becoming this vanguard of canon has scared away new writers and contributors trying to have fun. We cannot become the very thing we hate; no fun gatekeepers. Like those that kept reporting our threads.
You have ideas, good ones too, but you kept shooting down others just as they were about to start walking. And in turn, you insisted on adding your own canon unto others. The recent attempt at making 'O my rubber nen' a canon is one.
I know how much each word in a sentence meant to your thinking, but not everyone here thinks like you do. Especially someone who had just joined and did not have the temperament to understand our 'oldfag esoteric pataphysics lore #12'. Which is a problem of itself referring to issue 1, where MOST of our lore have been in replies and fluffs. Not written in organised forms. We cannot accuse the new writers of not understanding us when we do not even organise them ourselves.
Forgive me if my words are very harsh for today. But I just do not want /meat/ to become an escapist fantasy. An unhealthy way for us to cope with our loss by creating our own reality.
