tbh when i told my mom that people would be going after and harassing people for fictional characters/fictional relationships, she just seemed so disappointed. she’s pretty well adjusted i’d say, and a really sweet lady. i told her the kinds of things they believe— the thoughtcrime stuff, the “if you write x you believe x is okay”, the “you were abused so now you’re an abuser” mentality, and all, and she was just shocked people would go so far over a story. so yeah, told my mom i was a proshipper and she just said that antis need to learn to leave things alone that they don’t like, lmao. also explained the situation to my therapist and she seemed super disappointed too that people would believe things so blatantly against research on such an important mental health topic, but i guess no field is safe huh?;;fandom should be a place to have fun and safely explore things away from reality. and i hate having to second guess everything i say and do in fear it’ll tip people off to me. i’m… getting tired, lmao. if i get cancelled this year it ain’t like i’m drowning in followers anyway
w Anon’s mum.
I’ve heard stories of folks having to warn their employers about Antis giving them flack over fiction, and they have a similar reaction to your mother’s. Funny how the “normal” people don’t care as much as Antis think they do, huh.
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