y’know what???
let people make unoriginal ocs
let people self insert and ship with canon characters
let people draw and write what they want
why is it suddenly not okay once you grow up to start enjoying things?? if they’re not hurting anyone then let people have their fun, don’t steal their good time?? you don’t get to dictate their imagination???
alternately: if you wanna do these things then go for it
don’t let people’s opinions of your work get you down and stop you from doing what you wanna do
keep doing what you love