i’m so fucking skeptical of those like “ship and let ship” and “just because something is considered ~problematic~ doesn’t mean it’s bad! we know the difference between fiction and reality! uwu” posts that i see circulating every so often because i have no context of what sort of content the op considers unjustly maligned.
because like, are they talking about an unpopular ship that most people just don’t like? or self inserts? or maybe people making art of fictional characters swallowing each other whole for their own sexual gratification? or is what’s “not hurting anyone” people writing long, painstakingly detailed descriptions of a fictional parent forcing sex on their fictional offspring, the assault clearly framed in a way that is meant to be titillating and erotic for the reader? because that’s pretty fucking different.
i’m not saying everything has to sunshine and roses and pure unblemished squeaky-clean content, but putting something like “i don’t condone real-world rape” in the synopsis of a fanwork on ao3 does fuck all. tagging something “tw: incest” so people can avoid it does jack shit. the platform is the problem, the access is the problem, a culture that give “dark subjects” a complete free pass under the guise artistic license and discourages criticism and conversation is the problem. some things are bad, and some people should feel bad.
Captain-Radioactive-Mentality 