Rosewood Decorum

Today I got told that two of the places I will hang out on when I'm on the internet-- fanfiction.net and DeviantArt, specifically-- are creepy. First off, if that's what you consider creepy, what the hell havens of safety and kindergarten have you been hanging out on? Or what the hell fic have you been looking for, because it sure ain't what I've been looking at. For the record, I know that these people do hang out on at least DeviantArt. Apparently the people who find and favourite their art are 'so creepy' that they can only stand to go to their pages in the dark, deep depths and leave a 'thanks for the fave!' and then vanish, shivering from the weird, into the safer shallows of the 'net.

If you consider those places creepy and I hang out there... what do you make of me? It feels like a slap in the face, that they consider me creepy and horrible. These are people I've known since high school. What exactly am I supposed to make of that? "We've known you for so long we know you aren't bad"? "We keep you around out of obligation"? "You're creepy but you're ours so you're okay"? They may say that part of the reason they like me is that I make no apologies for who I am, but frankly, if they're going to say how bad and wrong and terrible places I go or things I read or whatever are... it sure as hell makes me feel like I have to. Or that I do need to hide aspects.

By association, I am a creepy fucker. Fine. Screw you too. I don't complain when you make bloody art or sing torture murder porn songs. I don't complain when you make psychopathic, amoral, violent characters. Should I start?