Fuck dude (neuter) I used to (during high school) write self insert RPF to cope with ongoing c-PTSD from many angles. It kind of fed into a folie a deux between me and my at-the-time boyfriend, and now I’m happy with just fictional people, but sometimes… man sometimes you just gotta remember the bandom days from whence you (I, this is probably so specifically a me thing) came.
So many people claim to support people with mental illness, trauma, etc but then turn around and go “ewwwww, you write RPF?” or" Ewwww, you write (insert weird fanfiction thing here)?“
My pal (theoretical reader)– where the fuck do you think the motivation to write these things is coming from?
🫂Glad you’re in a better place, now, anon. Much love and respect to your past self.
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