“I like to write about it in fiction” does not mean “I desire it to happen in real life”, and never has. What you want to write about doesn’t necessarily mean anything about you, besides that you want to write[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
proshippy-fox: “if you’re going to depict bad things in fiction you have to make sure they’re condemned in the narrative!” is such an annoying take. I’m not even gonna point out the obvious flaw in the logic it’s just annoying[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
👉 Sometimes, what one audience interprets as horror, another audience interprets as romance. 👉 Sometimes, what one audience interprets as romance, another audience interprets as horror. 👉 As an writer, you have to accept that every audience brings their own[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
renthony: In the aftermath of my big post about censorship, multiple people have left comments that boil down to, “it’s okay to show heavy topics in fiction as long as they’re portrayed as bad.” Let’s take a quick look at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
renthony: renthony: renthony: Your personal triggers and squicks do not get to determine what kind of art other people make. People make shit. It’s what we do. We make shit to explore, to inspire, to explain, to understand, but also[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
stesierra: yaoist: “you have a responsibility to consider how your writing would affect other people” literally 50% of writing is manipulating the audience by setting tone and mood and drawing them in to fuck with their emotions. writers do NOTHING[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
fernwah-funzone: wait you understand that kinks are ok because they’re fantasies that make you happy right? you all get that you don’t need to have trauma for your kinks to be okay? right? like none of you think i witnessed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
carbonatedeverclear: there are people on this website who consider themselves prison abolitionists and think that they believe in reformative justice and at the same time think that people should be put to death for drawing porn of Midoriya from boku[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💕 Don’t be afraid of putting your ‘self’ into your writing. 💕 Don’t be afraid of writing what you want. 💕 Guessing at what other people are looking for in a story is always a worse path than writing what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
justproshiprants: I don’t get the complaint that problematic media can trigger someone? Like, yeah, I acknowledge plenty of the shit I write can be triggering or uncomfortable. But that’s why I tag it properly and don’t post it in minor[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
agro-carnist: agro-carnist: agro-carnist: This is what I’m talking about when I say the moral panic around kink and fantasy is a right wing position: The idea that someone’s fantasies or what art they like is an indicator they are a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
renthony: renthony: Your personal triggers and squicks do not get to determine what kind of art other people make. People make shit. It’s what we do. We make shit to explore, to inspire, to explain, to understand, but also to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
mxsickfuck: You’re allowed to hate content for whatever reason. You’re allowed to find it disgusting and immoral. I frankly could care less if you hate taboo content, you’re allowed to feel however you want to about it. What’s not acceptable[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
txttletale: txttletale: that last comment is so fucking revealing as to the actual priorities and worries of people who say ‘get therapy’ lmao “therapy isn’t about your happiness, it’s about making sure you act in a way that i’m comfortable[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Things that don’t matter when you’re writing a story: what will critics and detractors say about this? is this as marketable as I can possibly make this? Things that do matter when you’re writing a story: is this story meaningful[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
👉 Any kind of evil you can make a character commit or go through is no worse than torturing your NPCs in a game. 👉 Don’t assume that acts in fiction indicate the real life desires of the author or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
drinksglue: A thing that bothers me is that a lot of pro-ship people are not pro-fiction, and a lot of people who call themselves pro-fiction are not actually pro-fiction. Without getting into the hypocrisy of people who are pro-ship but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
sweaterkittensahoy: hadeantaiga: nope-the-weeb: hadeantaiga: I really think everyone needs to truly internalize this: Fictional characters are objects. They are not people. You cannot “objectify” them, because they have no personhood to be deprived of. They have no humanity to be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
the pro-censorship crowd that loves gore and violence and hates anything to do with sex are so classically puritan. It’s hilarious when it’s not infuriating. Censorship protects the expression of those in power and suppresses the expression of those not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
tell me Will, why do you imagine that adults creating fiction about underage characters necessitates exposing underage children to that fiction? Minors are already not supposed to look at sexual fictional content– why would they be looking at adult content[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s a harder question admittedly. There’s definitely a different moral argument than playing with fictional characters. I don’t believe that people SHOULD necessarily be writing porn or graphic murder fantasies of regular people they know IRL and spreading them online[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Proship and anti are reductive words that let fandom mean girls bully artists and authors by obscuring their meaning behind niche terminology. I’m in favor of freedom of expression. I am in favor of art. I believe that banning topics[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
folgers-offical: just-antithings: nope Also a good chunk of actors don’t care. I’ve seen professional wrestlers share fanfic about themselves on their Twitter and the most they say is like a lighthearted joke like “inaccurate I’d never eat a turkey sandwich”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hadeantaiga: nope-the-weeb: hadeantaiga: I really think everyone needs to truly internalize this: Fictional characters are objects. They are not people. You cannot “objectify” them, because they have no personhood to be deprived of. They have no humanity to be erased.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s always okay to use the fiction you write or read to explore negative feelings, experiences, and topics. Stories don’t have to be uplifting or happy, characters don’t have to be virtuous or admirable or relatable. And it’s still okay[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“I don’t want to read this” is totally valid. “This is disgusting to me” is totally valid. “I don’t want to read this because it is disgusting to me” is totally valid. “I don’t think anyone should be allowed to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
profictionist: One thing (and trust me, theres more) i hate about antis is their hypocrisy towards different crimes “You can’t ship that! It’s illegal!!” Yeah and the guy who murders people is also illegal, but youre fine with shipping him[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
catgirl-catboy: There is no way to create content that 100% of people are able to avoid. You can either accommodate the antis by NOT tagging your shit, or typing like a Homestuck character, OR you can appropriately trigger tag your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
birble-bobble: legsdemandias: legsdemandias: The other thing about uncomfortable, awful, terrible, ~romanticized~ fiction that gets lost in censorship conversations is the fact that in your regular non-academic life you don’t have to read it. “I’ve experienced x so I don’t want[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Let’s talk about how to think about the artistic merit inherent in smut and pornography. Smut and porn have the same amount of artistic merit and worthiness as every other kind of fiction, and can be interrogated in the same[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✨ All fiction is art and has artistic merit. ✨ Yes, including the novel you hid in a drawer. ✨ Yes, including Marvel movies. ✨ Yes, including soap operas. ✨ Yes, including slasher flicks and torture porn. ✨ Yes, including[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
eroticcannibal: eroticcannibal: eroticcannibal: eroticcannibal: I simply do not understand how people can think writing about things that aren’t real is bad. Its not real. Its not a real thing why are you mad. “But its illegal in real life!” Stories[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
eroticcannibal: eroticcannibal: eroticcannibal: eroticcannibal: A take you could only come up with if you have never interacted with horror or horror fans at all in your life ever This person actually thinks that writing murder because you like to think[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✍️ The goal of creating fiction is not always to craft a story that is comfortable or fun for the reader. ✍️ Likewise, not all readers will find the same subject matter and topics comforting or fun. ✍️ It is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When people– and especially young women– are attracted to “abusive” and “controlling” and “violent” male characters in fiction– The fantasy is not about being abused, or controlled. The fantasy is about a partner who is devoted to you, who takes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With NaNo approaching please remember: 💌 It’s okay to work hard to meet a wordcount. 💌 but it’s also okay to write at your own pace. 💌 Being able to write a lot in a short amount of time is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah absolutely. But on the other hand– the poll is 60%+ in favor of that person being the asshole. It’s a vocal minority who believe this outlandish prudery. context link
Oh if only they’d ‘get it’. ^_^;; context link
donthitanybody: Tomska going hard on Twitter again.
“Critical” does not automatically mean “negative.” Thinking critically about something is not the same as (colloquially) criticizing it. “Thinking critically” on a piece of media does not mean deciding that you know all the “bad” elements of it and that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
boyonetta: “You can criticize something you love!” Yeah, and you can also get tired of criticizing something you love. You can get completely fed up with it and decide, “You know what? Flaws aside, I love this thing, and I don’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
synthient: synthient: synthient: synthient: I think the Evil Media Bias Against Platonic Relationships is one of those things tumblr loves to get worked up about despite, like. simply not being real. “men in media are never allowed to have their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
fanonical: “homestuck? :/ doesn’t that have slurs in” yes darling i don’t decide what to read based on if it has naughty words in because i don’t have the concept of morality of a fundamentalist christian schoolchild.
💫 It’s okay to write fiction you would not want your grandmother to see. 💫 Different stories are for different audiences. 💫 You do not have to appeal to everyone. 💫 Don’t sacrifice the story you want to tell for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
patricia-taxxon: patricia-taxxon: dasha-aibo: delusion-of-negation: patricia-taxxon: patricia-taxxon: patricia-taxxon: to cis artists, yr allowed to draw trans characters to be clockable, in fact i encourage it. it’s not politically incorrect or offensive to depict trans people as being obviously trans, especially if[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
legsdemandias: legsdemandias: legsdemandias: “listen i may hold the exact same opinion as that conservative politician about how dangerous is it for kids to access books, but it’s different because it’s what i don’t like, and yeah, what i don’t like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My authorial intent is to tell a cool and exciting story. If my cool and exciting story makes you want to abandon your morals and commit evil acts, that’s your problem, not mine. EDIT: TERFS AND RADFEMS FUCK OFF GET[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
switchelsweets: themythicalcodfish: pikestaff: “Stop saying 15 year olds with weird interests are cringe, they’re 15” this is true however you should also stop saying adults with weird interests are cringe because who gives a shit To wit: I want to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🔸I believe in freedom of fandom. 🔸Fandom is not about creating or enjoying only ‘moral’, ‘god-honoring’ or ‘marketable’ works. 🔸Fandom is about freedom of expression. 🔸It is okay to create or enjoy whatever fanworks you want. 🔸Fandom is not a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
even-more-pro-fiction-jellicle: antis-delete-your-blogs-pls-thx: beauspot: neil-gaiman: Here we are, 15 years on from that blog entry, and I still haven’t read any lolicon, I’m afraid, so I have no idea about its themes. The context was whether you should be sent to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
miranova23: just-antithings: 👆👆👆👆 “Artis gratis artis.” These people better not watch a single MGM-produced movie. “not all art has merit” is such a horrifying thing to say.
craycraybluejay: Seeing people freak out over high schooler age gaps makes me 😬 bc I personally have dated as the younger in an age gap a good while ago [before 18] and I was fine. I mean I wasn’t *fine*[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
disco-tea: I need unhinged romantics to get back into storytelling and start telling nuanced enemies to lovers stories and all the moral complexities that entails and ignore it when somebody inevitably clutches their pearls about not being presented a black[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You don’t have to apologize, or perform authorial disgust, for dark, violent, sexual, cruel or problematic topics in the fiction you create. Fiction does not exist to teach an audience a moral lesson. You as an author are not required[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
strawberry-crocodile: strawberry-crocodile: Apparently there’s like anti-ship arguments within the Our Flag Means Death fandom? Because one of the characters is a Problematic Abuser? Imagine thinking you hold the moral high ground because of who you ship with Historical Character Fucking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
profictionist: One thing (and trust me, theres more) i hate about antis is their hypocrisy towards different crimes “You can’t ship that! It’s illegal!!” Yeah and the guy who murders people is also illegal, but youre fine with shipping him[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
trans-euclidean-raven: trans-euclidean-raven: I don’t want this to be contraversial but people should not be obligated to make morally uplifting work not into “Hay’s Code two but with the good morals this time I promise” people should be allowed to make[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
xxlovelynovaxx: longsightmyth: Books just shouldn’t be banned. Fullstop. “But you hate-” so? “But it sends terrible messages-” yes. That’s why media criticism is important. It doesn’t mean a book should be banned. “But this classic contains truly despicable things” correct![…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
dragonesseclectic: astraltrickster: astraltrickster: Periodic reminder that you are not immune to reactionary radicalization through fandom. We all know the “jokes” about how old bronies either came out as queer or became fascists – except they’re not really jokes, and a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Maybe you should stop “consuming content” and try “engaging with media” instead. Reframe your interaction from passive consumer to active participant in the media you engage with.
🌠 An author writing something that someone else not forced to read is not harassment against the person reading it. 🌠 An author writing something about trauma or abuse has nothing to do with an unconnected reader’s trauma or abuse.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
soberscientistlife: FUCK RON DeSANTIS!!! I AM PISSED TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
txttletale: i don’t think “people should be allowed to make challenging and uncomfortable freak art but only if its the kind i think is good” is a very coherent viewpoint. sometimes stuff that is challenging and uncomfortable is going to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
txttletale: i don’t think “people should be allowed to make challenging and uncomfortable freak art but only if its the kind i think is good” is a very coherent viewpoint. sometimes stuff that is challenging and uncomfortable is going to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
but-what-if-its-whumpy: whumpitisthen: evilwriter37: Guys, guys… There is nothing wrong with liking whump. I keep seeing it implied by people in the whump community that we like whump because something is wrong with us. There is nothing wrong with whump and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
but-what-if-its-whumpy: whumpitisthen: evilwriter37: Guys, guys… There is nothing wrong with liking whump. I keep seeing it implied by people in the whump community that we like whump because something is wrong with us. There is nothing wrong with whump and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
margridarnauds: inkskinned: inkskinned: i can’t believe i have to fucking say it because i’m an educator so like how is it possible nobody else has said this. unless a person is actively making materials/etc for children, they do not need[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
margridarnauds: inkskinned: inkskinned: i can’t believe i have to fucking say it because i’m an educator so like how is it possible nobody else has said this. unless a person is actively making materials/etc for children, they do not need[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
teaboot: When I was a kid, I regularly lost reading privileges for “having an attitude” and “acting out”. It wasn’t as simple as being told not to read during other activities- one of the first times it happened, I remember[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
teaboot: When I was a kid, I regularly lost reading privileges for “having an attitude” and “acting out”. It wasn’t as simple as being told not to read during other activities- one of the first times it happened, I remember[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Honestly, in the current climate I can’t blame you. If you want to make erotic art of your characters and you’re not confident that their bodies will be interpreted as adult enough under the rules due to your art skill,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Honestly, in the current climate I can’t blame you. If you want to make erotic art of your characters and you’re not confident that their bodies will be interpreted as adult enough under the rules due to your art skill,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
mllecosettefauchelevent: moonshinemagpie: mllecosettefauchelevent: “Authors should not be ALLOWED to write about–” you are an anti-intellectual and functionally a conservative “This book should be taken off of shelves for featuring–” you are an anti-intellectual and functionally a conservative “Schools shouldn’t teach[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
cam1lla: moonshinemagpie: cam1lla: “Authors should not be ALLOWED to write about–” you are an anti-intellectual and functionally a conservative “This book should be taken off of shelves for featuring–” you are an anti-intellectual and functionally a conservative “Schools shouldn’t teach[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hazel2468: froody: froody: I do not like the fact that we are drifting back towards a pearl-clutching anti-obscenity anti-vulgarity ‘everything depicted in fiction must be morally sound and uncomplicated’ state. “who is we?” SOCIETY AT LARGE. MEDIA. This is not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hazel2468: froody: froody: I do not like the fact that we are drifting back towards a pearl-clutching anti-obscenity anti-vulgarity ‘everything depicted in fiction must be morally sound and uncomplicated’ state. “who is we?” SOCIETY AT LARGE. MEDIA. This is not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🫵 You are allowed to create any kind of dark fiction. 🫵 You are allowed to enjoy it. 🫵 You do not need permission.
At that paraphilia anon, I am also a trauma survivor, so I prefer to not interact with people who have “dangerous” paraphilias (for a lack of a better word) just block and move on, if they’re not pro contact or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hey aethy user here: most of aethy’s older users are very welcoming to paraphiles as long as you’re explicitly anti-contact/anti-abuse, and the admin definitely allows paraphiles. there was a brief bit of drama a while back about people CWing stuff[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I don’t even see the problem with being anti-para. Proship means what I like in fiction =/= condoning it irl. So, I don’t condone it. Why do I have to bend over backwards and prioritize people like my abusers? We[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So here’s an interesting development in this saga. It turns out that the rules on harm to minors in the community guidelines have been unchanged since January of 2020. (wayback link) Which begs three questions. why did people think it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
just saw some fashion glamour shots that reminded me that asian people of all nationalities are going to be even more unfairly hit by the “appear under age” rules than everyone else. Please remember that it is extremely fucking racist[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Until only the good decent people are left” So they aren’t even trying to hide they have the same mindset of extremist christians anymore. Good to know, I wonder if they know the atrocities that mindset has created for some[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
im glad tumblr is finally becoming a safe space for everyone. dont like it? leave! leave and take all your pals with you until only the good decent people are left The good people who are not sexual abuse survivors[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hi! I just wanted to ask if you know of any tool that like, reblogs everything on a blog to your own blog? I’m honestly very demotivated to continue posting especially with all the trouble i had to get through[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
completely done with dividing people into proship/antiship from now on. There’s fun people and there’s assholes. There’s cool people and squares. There’s comrades and narcs. blackheartxbiohazards
Hi! Hope you don’t mind me sending you an ask, I’ve seen some of your writing positivity posts on my FYP and they’re really good. I’m currently seeing a lot of really long posts about this “event” that’s happening right[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💘 It’s okay to write about toxic, unhealthy and illegal relationships in fiction. 💘 There is nothing wrong with enjoying toxic, unhealthy, or illegal relationships in fiction. 💘 Its okay even if someone accuses you of ‘romanticizing’ or ‘glorifying’ toxic,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thank you very much for believing me, saying I said my warnings about Tox out of extreme bias It’s not like there are blogs like this one https://ift.tt/dnNt91y Have documented the Map server I was talking about. Tox used to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Love that tumblr is gearing up to be a sanitized advertisement hellscape clone of all the other social media sites :)) blackheartxbiohazards
im honestly not surprised with tumblr. its easier to target proshippers than predators, as proshippers tend to use easily found tags. and just like they did with the og tumblr purge, they can claim that they’re “protecting children” without actually[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🐜s will 100% try to use Aethy. Minors as well because “it’s creepy they don’t want minors there” I have seen it so many times, an account with proship and problematic signs everywhere. Even if they don’t post it often,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Your anons really have gotten the point to going don’t blog on the blogging website. A blog is a personal space for you to talk about personal things Gasp trauma is a personal thing. And a social blogging sphere is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
then maybe dont talk about your trauma on tumblr? there are other places where you can talk about such shit. no one wanna hear bout that here blackheartxbiohazards
I’m fuckin tired of having everything needing to be as squeaky clean, sanitized and soulless as possible so some rich Republican fuck running the ad companies doesn’t frown. Tumblr said they weren’t gonna go after the written stuff when Pornmageddon[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What if we all just went in and reported the antis for violating tumblr’s rules against harassment? you’ll get a nice message from tumblr explaining to you have they haven’t actually broken any of tumblr’s rules. we’ve gotten several of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Antis: “Just learn to follow the rules!” Try following the anti-harassment rules. to be strictly fair, tumblr doesn’t enforce those rules! they’re meaningless! 😹😹😹😹 Can’t talk about your sexual assault experiences but you can graphically tell someone how they should[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Censorship never just bans what you want it to. if ya telling the truth and are no pedo why do you care if child porn is allowed or not? I’m going to explain this to you in small words. because[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The rules are phrased in a way that tumblr can use in whatever was they want, can’t win that’s correct. Tumblr is a sinking ship. blackheartxbiohazards
no need to worry about getting termed if you and your homies just learn to follow the rules blackheartxbiohazards