Public Response to ladyyomi’s Misrepresentation – I Am Not Autumn.

This is a public response to a series of false claims and misrepresentations that have been circulating under the name “Autumn.” I am not Autumn. I have never interacted with ladyyomi anonymously. My name is ygpgsgl, and if anyone wants to criticize what I write, they can do so using my actual name — not a fabricated persona meant to absorb all your projections. Below is the full response.

You can hate my writing. You can call my critique of romanticized fluff “garbage,” as I called some of yours. You can find my opinions abrasive, my tone unkind, my disdain for fanon aesthetics unforgivable. What you cannot do, is keep packaging me inside your self-serving “Autumn” narrative.

I have said it multiple times: I am not Autumn. I do not use sockpuppets. I do not hide. I post on AO3 under the name ygpgsgl, fully visible, fully accountable.

And yes — I did criticize your work. I called it meaningless, stylistically stagnant, and emotionally indulgent. I did express contempt for readers who flinch at anything that breaks their comfort fantasy of Hakuouki characters. That was me speaking. Not Autumn. Not anyone else. Me — and only me.

But instead of addressing that criticism directly, you chose to clip my words out of context, glue them into your fictional “Autumn is a jealous AI-shill bully” scrapbook, and broadcast it as if it were truth.

You say you’re “99% sure” that random Tumblr accounts reblogging your WIPs are my alt accounts — without a shred of evidence. Then let me say this in return: I am 99% sure that your so-called “haters” are sockpuppets of your own — planted just to validate the narrative that you’re under attack.

You play the victim while actively manipulating the script. You never cite sources. You never show full usernames. You hide behind implication and plausible deniability — just enough to smear, never enough to be held accountable. That is not “self-defense.” That is literary gaslighting.

So here’s my final clarification:

🔹 Yes, I criticized your work. 🔹 Yes, I stand by my opinion. 🔹 No, I am not Autumn. 🔹 No, I am not hiding. 🔹 No, I do not need to be rewritten into your projection of an “unwell, bitter, AI-hugging demon girl” just so your audience can feel sorry for you.

I am ygpgsgl. I don’t want your attention. I want my identity, my words, and my writing left out of your performance. Criticize me? Fine. Misname me? No. Package me into your strawman version of “Autumn”? Absolutely not.

Do not mistake my silence for absence. I’ve spoken now. That’s enough.

I am suing ladyyomi for defamation and documenting the entire process on AO3:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/67181098/chapters/173494927