How will I apologize to a webcomic artist from tapas who never forgives and keeps blocking me without a single word

[Stargazer31]

She's got no obligation to answer your questions or to take your money. Just walk away. Not only that, all the answers to these questions seem like they'd spoil the story

[MK_Wizard]

My best advice is to give her space and time. She will come around on her own. Most people do.

And at the risk of sounding like the devil's advocate, I don't see what you did wrong. At least not 100% wrong. More like the way you said it was wrong. You gave an opinion and a suggestion as a fan which all fans do with fiction. It comes with the territory. Fans even make fanart and even fanfiction that deviates from what the author had in mind, but the professional thing to do is to just take it as flattery that people are making fanworks in general of their work and move on. The only case of which an author is justified in being offended and banning someone is if they're making fanworks that are problematic for good reason (underage porn for example), they're plagiarising or they're claiming your work is theirs or are openly insulting the author. You shared an idea and gave criticism. They way you said it was wrong, they way you're acting is wrong and honestly, some questions and some things are best kept to yourself out of respect. The author doesn't owe you anything.

Perhaps she reacted this way because she lost her pet and was in a bad place, so I would not take it too personally. You apologized sincerely and did right. And she doesn't sound like a bad person. She just sounds like she got a negative criticism and reacted badly to it. Now, I'm not saying you're not in the wrong either, friend. There is a way to give criticism and suggestions, but being a know it all is not polite and I can tell you from experience that telling a comic author you can write their story better than them (even if not in those words), is not very nice. Does it merit banning? No. We all say dumb things. Moreover, making multiple accounts just to apologize to someone comes across as a little creepy, so it is in fact counterproductive.

In my experience, neither of you are toxic people. You're both good people who each reacted badly to a tough situation at a bad time. However, it can turn around. Stop making multiple accounts and leave her alone. As for her, she needs to sit and really think about what she was getting herself into when she became a comic author and put her work in public. She has to accept that some people are not going to agree with how she write or point out mistakes. When she does, she going to give you, and herself, a break.

EDIT: I cleared the air on some points because they sounded contradictory.

[Garchompula]

She doesn't want your money. She wants nothing to do with you. She doesn't want you reading her comic. She doesn't want you mailing her stuff. You're not her old friend, you're a stranger obsessed with them.

However, considering how you've spent countless hours trying to convince them otherwise, I'm sure you will ignore all of this genuine advice.

[RedLenai]

Can you simply not need to convice another person to do things that only seem to selfishly benefit you?
She doesn't want to unblock you, she doesn't have to. You are the one selfishly thinking that you need her, that you must seek a way to be unblocked by her, dude, you have an overfixation and unhealthy attachement to this author.

If she has blocked you, is because your support is not as big as your annoying behavior, you're not essential to her. You're not her only one supporter or fan, just stop being overbearing and respect her boundaries. You sound like the parents at r/RaisedByNarcissists

A lot of your questions can simply be answered with "Wait and see" as the series unfold.
Other ones are meaningless if they do not provide anything to the story nor its going to be used.

You also overabuse the ability to support her or being able to have an exchange with an author, you have around 15 questions, if this was a Convention, you'll only be able to make one and you'll only receive an answer that'll take less than 10 minutes to answer, you sound like you ask for a hand and then drag the entire body into the water with you.

[IndigoShirtProd]

No, we already answered your question. Like @Stargazer31 said, they are not under any obligation to answer your questions, some of which are invasive or would spoil the story, even if you financially supported them.

[Garchompula]

Question for context: When did they shut off all contact? How long has it been?

[Stargazer31]

Also: Writers don't like it when you point out flaws in their work.

[Kelheor]

There's this thing. There was this point of the time where you started considering her a "friend" and decided you can overstep all the boundaries. She didn't consider you a friend and being a content creator she probably felt like she has to answer your questions and be nice. I bet she was glad to have such a devoted fan at the beginning, but with time you decided that now she owes you her time, because you spent all that time writing stuff about her comic, donating her money, etc.
But no, no she doesn't. She is not your friend, and even if she was, it was a friend who asked you to stop such behavior and you betrayed this trust.
If you can't just make a silent account to enjoy her work, just don't get on this person's nerves anymore.

[MK_Wizard]

To be honest, there are some rules of etiquette that even friends don't cross when dealing with an author. Number one is, don't tell them how to write THEIR story or how your ideas are better than theirs. The only time it is the exception is if the author is asking you what you would do or if the author is writing in a way that's going to get them in big trouble. Otherwise, you can say you don't like it, you can say they misspelled a word, you can say who you ship, you can say you like the side characters better, you can say an event or character death made you sad, but for everything else, hold your tongue.

[EncryptedWriting]

I am going to be very blunt here and say - what the f***???

This is beyond creepy, and it honestly feels like stalking at this point. You feel like she owes you something, and she has every right to feel pissed off, creeped out, and worried.

God, I feel creeped out and annoyed for her.

[thepenmonster]

You're acting like a stalker. Go outside and see a shrink.

[NickRowler]

LEAVE HER ALONE!

It is possible to still read her comics without posting comments or interacting with her on social media. This whole thing feels very parasocial. You are a reader, not her bestie or coworker. She doesn't owe you anything.

[amortelito]

Hi, I don't mean to invalidate your feelings and I hope our comments can help you. You clearly love this comic and you want to be friends with the author, but friendship is not one-sided and the other person has the right of not wanting anything to do with you 🥲. Nobody owes us explanations.

As much as you love the comic, please just read it and move on. Many of us won't get our questions answered, and we just get over it.

If you got blocked, the author doesn't want to have contact and that's fine, and you have to respect that.

I hope any of these comments can help you to see how you can't always get things done your way and it's okay. You can move past that.

[joannekwan]

If you keep trying to contact the author, they could very well submit evidence of your harassment and have your account banned on Tapas.

Everyone has given solid advice already. Log off and seek some irl help from a therapist about this obsession.

[GodbreakerComic]

You need to hear(read) this, and so do a lot of young men:

Women owe you nothing. Absolutely nothing. It doesn't matter how much time you spent on them, or how "nice" you were, (side note: its not being nice if your only doing something for selfish reasons), how much you like them, or how much you want to just explain yourself, etc.

People don't owe you anything and you can't manipulate them in order to get what you want from them. That's called being a sociopath.

The sooner you come to terms with and accept this, the better your life will be.

[DiegoPalacios]

You already messed up and you already tried to apologise. You can't make others forgive you, that's up to them.

All you can do now is learn from this experience, accept that you will never see her again (unless you want to go to jail) and move on.

If you don't want to lose more people in your life don't harass them and respect their boundaries. It's that simple.

If you can't stop thinking about her, go get some therapy and take care of your mental health.

[Stargazer31]

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[Foresttrfd34]

after reading every replies, I understand. Maybe its time to move on and leave her alone though I will continue to read the comic that is this isekai maid is forming a union which is great.

[joannekwan]

No one cares if you continue reading it or not. We all just want you to stop harassing the creator both directly (trying to contact them) and indirectly (by making posts about the series/creator for others to engage with).

Should you continue to post about this series/creator and not get professional help, I will suspend your account on the forum and take your behavior to staff to look into on the main site.

[joannekwan]