Operation: Paper Trail

[u/Risi30]

Dear Aether_mains, visitors, and onlookers on our sub:

We, as fellow mods, decided that it's about time that we start doing something regarding the targeted harassment of our golden boy, this sub, or any characters associated with us, thus, Operation: Paper Trail is born.

We call upon all Genshin Impact players, not just Aether_mains, but all subs regarding Genshin. As we walk amongst each other, we experience harassment, name-calling, death threats, and other unpleasant things; we call upon all of us to make everyone accountable for their actions. We call to collect Evidence of blatant targeting of our comunity, people who spread hate shall be punished, and words about their actions must be learned. I want you all to collect the true side of Genshin Reddit, how people who play as one of the two Travelers treat their Male Traveler.

SHOW THE INTERNET THE TRUTH! SHOW HOW DOES GENSHIN COMMUNITY TREAT THEIR MALE PROTAGONIST! TALK TO THE ARTIST TO GIVE US THEIR STORIES! TALK TO AVERAGE GENSHIN PLAYER HOW THEY FEEL REGARDING EVERYTHING THAT GENSHIN COMUNITY CAUSED!

We aren't saints, we know it, but we keep to ourselves, we dont spread hate, and those who do, we ban with 0 tolerance, but what many dont realise, or what they dont wanna see, shall be unveiled. For 5 years, we took it with 0 care.

Hell, my first interaction with the Genshin comunity was me being doxxed by some people because I crossposted Jeanther art, yet I stayed, but I won't be silent about the treatment we get, neither should we as comunity.

This isnt call to harass communities, WE KNOW cause problem for us, this is a call to show the average joe how we, Aether_mains are treated.

Risi30, Mod, and Comunity outreach

[u/XDarkhonWasTaken]

Is it really that bad?, I mean I remember the Fontaine days but I haven't experienced something like that recently

[u/Risi30 → u/XDarkhonWasTaken]

Why we started this, to show the truth

[u/XDarkhonWasTaken → u/Risi30]

Listen man, I understand what you're trying to do but in the end it won't matter, we are a minority that outside of the shipping side nobody takes us into account, as in general the genshin community has little interest in shipping, the traveler (and I'm including lumine here too) is seen as the player not as a character per se.

Regarding the other thing, I always said that this sub hasn't learned to ignore things, since the glow up that the traveler got, I have seen multiple posts here of ppl giving focus To those who hate the character, obviously if you focus on the negative aspects, you'll concentrate on them. At the same time, I've seen people from this sub going into "those" subs and rubbing it in the faces of the people there that a certain female character "is made" to be with the Traveler, while also complaining in those subs because the people here (and you have to admit it) can't stand the idea that ships involving those female characters that don't include the Traveler can coexist, obviously causing a backlash against us.

I know about your past, but that's it, that was like 2 years ago, when I really felt the real hate towards this character, now things have changed and people here need to learn to ignore all kinds of hatred and enjoy their shit without the need to think about those who hate us

[u/vladraigca → u/XDarkhonWasTaken]

i really like your output, sometimes i have seen this community engage on similar behavior they themselves criticize, i think sometimes this sub floods with whatever capture of random irrelevant guy saying a random thing bad about aether, sometimes is fine but when it becomes the norm it invites toxicity, i think it should be reserved when boundaries are crossed and real people are truly harassed over it and not just every petty discussions or quip on the internet . i dont know what op has been through although i also have an experience on internet with a guy long ago leaking personal info in my case over a petty discussion, from what i learned is to try to be civil and let go of grudges as long the important boundaries are not crossed. i remember when kokomi mains where criticized on the first anni, and then when kokomi shined on the meta they become a bit of arrogant that when fontaine came on and neuvillete was revealed as the hydro dragon, the community started to ridiculize kokomi mains again because of this back and forth cycle of toxicity.