BlackHeart Biohazards

Anne Rice:

“I do not allow fan fiction. The characters are copyrighted. It upsets me terribly to even think about fan fiction with my characters. I advise my readers to write your own original stories with your own characters. It is absolutely essential that you respect my wishes.”

On May 20, 2001, there was a single sentence in FF.net’s news post: “Anne Rice: Vampire Chronicles, the category, has been removed at Anne Rice’s request.”

On September 25, 2002, Xing Li posted: “The FanFiction.Net Content Guidelines have been updated to state that the site will not accept entries based on the work of Anne Rice and Anne McCaffrey. This policy is not new but had not been clearly displayed on the site prior to the amendment.”

blackheart-biohazards:

It’s condescending to assume that a reader is too stupid to recognize when a character is doing something harmful or crossing a taboo in a piece of fiction.

It’s patronizing to believe that a reader will have their morals compromised by reading fiction and be reprogrammed by it to believe that the harmful action and crossing taboos is good in real life.

It’s ridiculous to act like people can’t read about characters harming others or crossing taboos in fiction without starting to believe it’s okay to harm people or cross taboos in real life.

It’s unrealistic to assume that you know what reason someone has for reading a piece of fiction in which harm occurs or taboos are crossed.

It’s disgusting and boundary crossing for you to speculate about and fixate on someone else’s’ sexual habits based on the fiction they consume.

help me, we feel unsafe with an audience this large. 🤣🤣🤣 (lighthearted, half joking)