So about 5 months ago, I started this AU for a fandom which led to a lot of self-inserts and fanfics that added other writers into the story. I've been really into it and it seems so have a few of the other writers. 

Last night I got an anon called Concerned who said "dude I like your work but hasn't the self-insert stuff gone on long enough? it's been five months. I'm worried Ao3 might end up like Wattpad if we're not careful lol."

I responded with something like "it's an AU, what did you expect? or did you mean stuff like this?" cuz it was a song-based thing where I create song parodies and put characters and writers in it. They responded with something. I don't remember, but it kinda shook me cuz I've been really into it and so have some of the others. 

I decided to delete the comment and disable anon commenting. A few minutes later, I got an anon comment on another fanfic of mine from someone named Nope that said "how much longer is this fic? I was enjoying it but is seems so open-ended. Is there an official climax to this and how much longer till we get there because it's starting to feel repetitive. I really like your work but, I want to know where you're going with this and if I should stick around?"

By this point, I had asked one or two of the other writers on this and one of them said it sounded like the same person from a month ago (I don't remember this, but I'll take her word for it). And Nope also sounded like Concerned. So I commented something along the lines of "You have no obligation to stick around. These are MY stories, not yours."

But then I decided that if I kept the comment, it might escalate, so I decided to delete that comment and disable anon commenting right after that. 

Like I said, I talked to a few of them to see if it HAS gone too far; one of them said maybe to tag those stories in the future so they can filter it out if they don't wanna see it. They've also said that it's up to me.

I know that it's likely not my fault, but I still feel kinda bad. So am I the asshole for telling the anon off?

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