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I’m gonna say it.
It’s unhinged to assume that someone’s taste in fiction equates to what they believe is moral or good, or is something they want to see or experience in real life.
That is a bonkers assumption to make.
I’m tired of humoring people with long arguments about it when the simple fact is it is a totally fucking absurd reach to accuse someone who enjoys something in fiction of being in favor of it in real life.
I’m tired of pretending like this is a legitimate position to hold– that they should be afraid of fiction’s dire influence on a reader’s moral decay or that it’s a sign of what the author secretly wants for realsies in real life.
Also keep in mind if someone does claim to do this, like “oh the violent video game made me do it” after committing a horrible crime, they are intentionally making an excuse for their actions.
The fiction is not their cause, it’s their scapegoat and you should not be taking that at face value to say that everyone is somehow morally susceptible to dark adult content.
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