Hey friend! <3 your question is long, but my answer is simple. It’s always okay to change the details of a character’s canon in fanfiction. This doesn’t change, whether you’re making them a vampire, forcing them to work at a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Reading more and different interpretations of a thing you want to better understand is always good. When you think about other people’s opinions of a thing you like, it introduces you to new information. Even when you’re reading opinions and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I agree with you in spirit. The problem is that you actually absolutely *can* make disgust the basis of your morality system– and doing so will powerfully fuck up your mental health, your perception of reality, and your relationship with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not every idea an author has ever had is related to their bad opinions, so? 🤷 It’s important to acknowledge that good art isn’t only made by the ideologically pure. But as for where you draw the line– I can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
proshipwatermelonwriter: “Fictional children cannot consent” Nothing fictional can consent to shit, because that would require them to be.. Let me say this in the nicest way possible. Be real, living, breathing human beings with thoughts of their own.
echofromtheabyss: fierceawakening: sugarbeta: boltstuck: derinthescarletpescatarian: derinthescarletpescatarian: Some people are like “The classic sci-fi novel Don’t Create the Torment Nexus is Problematic because it features the Torment Nexus” “No but see the only reason to write about the Torment Nexus is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🔹 It’s okay to create or engage with fiction about whatever topic, theme, or idea that you want to. 🔹It’s okay to create or engage with any fiction you want to for any reason. 🔹It’s okay to enjoy any fiction[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
‼️ Fiction cannot cause physical harm to someone. ‼️ The only person who should have the power to decide if a piece of fiction is harming you emotionally or psychologically is you. ‼️ Any fiction you feel like you are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The hypocritical and tangled web of deciding “what’s appropriate for children” is one of the many reasons it’s ideologically abhorrent to me to restrict what children are allowed to read. context link
I think it would be wonderful if all parents were like that. That’s very much the right approach. Well, aside from dropping the book on your head. 😉 context link
See the thing is that children reading literal porn is already illegal. (in the US.) You don’t need to normalize giving parents the control to restrict their children’s access to reading material to keep kids safe from porn if that’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Because when someone believes that a parent should be able to control their child’s reading material, that means: 👉 they can restrict them from ever seeing material that shows queer or trans characters or depicts being queer or trans in[…]↓ 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…
👉 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…
gemsandjunk: gemsandjunk: Everyone is nostalgic and no one is sincere. Do you get the idea Reboots made by people that don’t respect what they’re rebooting. Punching down before buzz feed listicles punch first. Isn’t it weird that the princess married[…]↓ 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…
“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…
⭐ censorship is not when someone says “hey this piece of media sucks.” ⭐ censorship is not when someone says “hey this piece of media sucks so I suggest you avoid it.” ⭐ censorship is when someone says “hey this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Something is only “censorship” when someone (a government, a library, a media platform, etc) refuses to allow people access to the piece of media in question. 👉 A person, or a collection of people choosing to avoid a piece of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…