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Recently, I’ve been seeing an influx of antis who believe that problematic/taboo content is bad because it’s all “shock value” or “fetish content.”
I need to remind everyone that art does not have to have deeper meaning to bring you joy.
So what if what you mostly read is omegaverse smut? So what if you enjoy art of your taboo ships doing things that aren’t directly sending a message? So what if the thing you enjoy is seen as “meaningless” because it does not outright criticise something in it?
When we say that we should be allowed to explore dark fiction, we don’t just mean content that dictates a certain moral ideal— we mean every single piece of fiction, “icky” or not!
Because— guess what happens when we ban these “gross,” “meaningless” artworks? We’ll end up arguing over what is “meaningful” enough, and then everything becomes restrictive! This is no slippery slope fallacy. This is a pattern every attempt at censorship in history has followed.
To support “gross” fiction is to support dark fiction, and to support dark fiction is to support our collective freedom to fiction.
Keep reading what makes you smile 💜💜
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