txttletale: its really crazy how people love to blorbopost about how their blorbo is a War Criminal Scrunkly but those same people will act like you ate their dog if you so much as imply that scrunkly has any textual[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s not pedophilia or inherently predatory to ship an adult woman character with an older adult male character. It just isn’t. You can be grossed out about it all you like, and you don’t have to ship it. No one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No inconvenience at all, anon! My opinion is that “popular media”– that is, commercial, heavily distributed media, already experiences heavy restrictions. Films in a movie theater are given a rating based on their content. Movie theaters won’t allow a film[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
shsl-fujoshi: “Gossip is bad and wrong!!” Sure. But framing gossip as a moral imperative in order to feel justified in spreading it is way worse. Just go ahead and gossip about people. Claiming that you’re talking about what they did[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
shsl-fujoshi: Hey. There’s something I think a lot of my friends need to hear. When someone online does something, or expresses an opinion that makes you feel uncomfortable, upset, or unsafe, it is normal and okay to want to talk[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Going forward if I see you use “weird” as a synonym for immoral, harmful, illegal, disgusting, or unacceptable, I am just going to treat you like you’re Becky from the middle school mean girls club.
We’re taking a break to re-assess. Tumblr is apparently an incredibly hostile place to freedom of expression once you reach a certain level of visibility. We’re figuring out how we’ll react to that. In the meantime you can keep an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
shsl-fujoshi: Well, I just got confirmation that just like last time this “isn’t a situation that can be addressed through reddit.” Which means this wasn’t just a mass spam report scenario. Someone at tumblr has actually decided my @blackheartbiohazards account[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🫂🫂🫂 Thanks for the well wishes. I’d love to know what the hell we were banned for. Our best guess is fascists mass reported our blog over our staunch promotion of freedom.
That’s the world we live in V_V The people willing to resort to the dirtiest tactics are the most successful.
Thanks, pal, we are pretty fucking pissed about it tbh. I’m KINDA hopeful that we might get the blog back, since there’s no way we actually broke any rules or broke the TOS in any way shape or form. But[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If I can’t get a straight answer out of tumblr support, I might ask some of the braver among you to ask on my behalf, or make some noise so they have to do something. This is madness. We’ve posted[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I am not going to write fiction about my trauma in a way that you approve of. I am going to write fiction about my trauma in a way that makes me feel better.
I don’t want to talk too much about child abuse directly on my blog, mainly because it tends to attract bad faith arguments, and occasionally the tumblr staff banhammer– But yes, exactly. The people who want to make it an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thank you so much for sharing your support 😭❤️ We’re gonna keep at it! 🫡
I wish I could just stick with it forever lol. “are you a bot or” – shoulda let ‘em think we were a bot XD
As a fellow fan of Anne Rice, the idea that TERFS, or any pro-censorship element of fandom likes Anne Rice is bonkers to me. I remember really well that one of her book literally starts with underage incest sex– because[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I think people started putting “minors DNI” in their blogs because “OMG you post NSFW content on your blog and yet you have minors following you!!!” was used as ammo in callout posts to drag people’s reputations through the mud.
The average, every day person has the same tools to oppose censorship as they have to oppose every injustice. Refuse to be silent about it. Speak up about it. Don’t let voices who champion censorship and oppression go unopposed. Point[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Its not for them. They’ll never change their minds. You don’t argue in public to convince your enemy who is set in their ways. You argue to convince the audience who hasn’t yet come to a decision.
Flippant answer: because they’d rather spend time pissing on the poor. Genuine answer: because for the last couple of decades christofascists have been eroding the american public education system.
The fact that you assume that me defending freedom of artistic expression in fiction means that I’m attracted to children says more about you than it says about me. it says you’re a conservative fearmonger who dilutes the reality of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
👋👋👋💖 We shouldn’t have to do that. Published books don’t have to do that. But on the other hand, maybe it would be fun/funny to bring back long FFNET style disclaimers at the beginning of fanfictions. (no it really wouldn’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“are you a bot?” they ask. No, they just can’t understand a simple piece of information. XD
Bro literally used the word “reeducated”. These people do not understand that their view of the world is deeply authoritarian.
Continuing on the topic of this post about queer coding and if other types of relationship coding exist– Here’s the hell of it. I know this is hard to accept, but– Prior to the modern era, heterosexual incestuous and pedophilic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
neil-gaiman: ruffboijuliaburnsides: lilykep: littlethingwithfeathers: ruffboijuliaburnsides: mumblingsage: oopsabird: sugarfey: nottonyharrison: nottonyharrison: Idek if this is serious or ironic honestly #like…why use this baby word when you can just say how you feel about it Found this in the original post tags[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So much of pro-censorship fandom (so called “antiship”) culture seems to boil down to finding a reason for any ship with more spice than mayonnaise or more chemistry than distilled water to be considered morally reprehensible, and considering the people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hareofhrair: noct-txt: mickstart: Porn gets banned on major internet space -> porn moves to new space -> new space gets surge of popularity usage and investors -> investors want porn gone because you can’t advertise Better Help next to hq[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Literally because I said censorship was bad, and that we shouldn’t ban the reading or writing of fictional stories even when they’re about distasteful and unpleasant topics like child molestation. Here’s the post they were reacting to.
brutallyboned: mikasslime: : You. Don’t. Own. Trauma. Some stranger drawing something isn’t drawing “YOUR TRAUMA” and if anything it’s probably their trauma. You are not nearly that important to random strangers for them to write or create content about your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thank you so much for your words of support. 💖 We’re never gonna stop.
mike-mills: PLEASANTVILLE (1998) dir. Gary Ross Director Gary Ross stated, “This movie is about the fact that personal repression gives rise to larger political oppression… That when we’re afraid of certain things in ourselves or we’re afraid of change, we[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s always so funny to see someone who believes that they, and only they are capable of writing taboo fiction in the “right” way and everyone else is a “freak” who’s had their “brain rotted”. This is so pathetic and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
catholic school 0/10 🤝 🤝 🤝 You’re exactly right. asserting that everyone of a certain religion is bad is awful and bigoted and never a claim we would make. We have a lot of beliefs that many Christians would not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🫡 Yeah it turned out that OP and their friends were a bunch of transphobes! no surprise there but yeeesh. I’m still in the middle of blocking people myself.
OOOOOH, now it all makes sense. They’re a TERF.
blackheartbiohazards: bookish-bimbo: david-goldrock: the-oddest-inkling: How fast smut has inflitrated books, mostly bestsellers aimed at young girls and young adults is very concerning. Back in the day it was mostly just to be found in fanfics and doujinshis and stuff like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
bookish-bimbo: david-goldrock: the-oddest-inkling: How fast smut has inflitrated books, mostly bestsellers aimed at young girls and young adults is very concerning. Back in the day it was mostly just to be found in fanfics and doujinshis and stuff like that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 You don’t have to write for a specific audience. 💖 You don’t have to write for any audience. 💖 You don’t have to write for mass market appeal. 💖 You don’t have to know who your audience will be.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
distr3sso-m0de: Some thoughts on Dune, media literacy and the way we interact (and do not interact) with difficult topics in fiction…. Buddy, imma say this with kindness in my heart…. If this gets you ‘tweaking’ then you aren’t gonna like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
distr3sso-m0de: Some thoughts on Dune, media literacy and the way we interact (and do not interact) with difficult topics in fiction…. Buddy, imma say this with kindness in my heart…. If this gets you ‘tweaking’ then you aren’t gonna like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
evilwriter37: lifblogs: evilwriter37: lifblogs: What actually makes my ships problematic? Are antis making up the rules as they go? They are absolutely making up the rules as they go. Changing a character’s age to support your purity argument does not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Moderation is only relevant in a setting where rules of moderation are imposed. For example, no one in the publishing industry is forced to publish a book that doesn’t conform with their rules. That’s moderation. However if the government attempted[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Stop using the word “criticism” as a shield to excuse yourself when you attack and harass writers on a personal level. Saying “you, the author are a monster, and your fiction is destroying society” is an attack, not a literary[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As much as people like to parrot “ACAB” and consider their job done, most people– especially people raised with evangelical values– have not done the work of unlearning legalism and understanding morality through the lens of actual harm. To these[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
damnfandomproblems: Fandom Problem #4690: kids come on here talking about “be gay do crimes!!” “ACAB!!” and then say people should go to jail over uh “"illegal ships”“ uh sure, good luck with that one kiddo lol
problematic-faves-appreciation: ────── ────── ────── The perfect responses to people who insist creators “must” write all stories, even those aimed at adults, like a 1980s cartoon PSA and spoon-feed their audiences everything — or else they’ll be accused of being “irresponsible”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Speaking as fictionkin and a fictive system member, I am so tired of seeing kin and fictives trying to police and restrict how other people interact with and discuss fandom, and the fanfiction and art they create and share. Your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Listen. I don’t believe that seeing acts of evil glorified or romanticized in fiction causes human beings to choose to do evil. But even if I did believe that, I still believe that any amount of censorship of art and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
lukmarc10: i’m very grateful for the fact that the creator of TCOAAL had the balls to even create it and release it in the first place, because its mere existence has really painted us the perfect picture of the current[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Do you genuinely believe that people should be allowed the choice to do good or to do evil? Or do you actually believe that people should have no choice but to act in a way you personally consider moral. Because[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
im-some-lionheart: powerburial: BDSM is fine, except for binding people which is fucked up, and dominating people which is fucked up, and sadism which is- lets be real- pretty fucked up, and masochism which is honestly lowkey pathetic this is what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
xxlovelynovaxx: 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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Censorship of some topics in fiction and art is good and I would be happy if it were to be enacted in a way I approved of” and “some things should be banned from ever being written or read about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I hope that anybody who goes through our tumblr or ao3 looking for “evidence” that we’re a “pedophile” is really embarrassed when all they find is sad, pining queers, erotic violence between buff men, enemies to lovers, and aggressively normal[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ginstermoff: I just had a zoomer telling me: “uhm I know there are awful things on the internet, I grew up with my little pony gore” 😭😭😭 Sweetie, you’re 18 and if my little pony gore is the worst you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
To these people anyone who promotes freedom of artistic expression is a pedophile. Because there’s no reason in their mind why someone would not want to censor art and media containing things they think are bad, unless its because they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You know, when you say these things about a middle aged trans guy who lives with his spouse and cats, and sits on the internet all day promoting freedom of speech and writing stories about imaginary middle aged war criminals,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You cannot blackmail writers and artists into creating the way you want them to by holding your approval hostage. I mean both: you have a social obligation not to attempt to blackmail writers and artists into creating the way you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sometimes when I (♦️🌺) get particularly annoyed at people online when I’m scrolling through, I make a point of blocking them even if I don’t expect it to be an issue again. And when I block them I imagine taking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There is no reason to hold fanfiction to an imaginary moral standard of censorship that doesn’t apply to published media. Any horrible, twisted, taboo material you can find in fanfiction, you can find in published novels, movies, games, etc. You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
xx-slug-xx: Antis in the furry fandom are really a big problem right now. As y’all’s eyes on the inside, I just want to kinda fill people in on what’s happening. Pup hood discourse is running rampant rn, which is ironic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The only people who pro-censorship fans will give the permission to write problematic fiction are the people who are too powerful for them to bully and harass.
mariposakitten: pro-bopass: diabolocracy: And when victims of abuse tell antis “this is how I cope and my therapist encourages it” the average anti has a conniption and throws a hissy fit about how they know what’s best for you more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Get a load of this. post i made in reaction to this conversation original post context link
Here’s the thing about the argument that fiction the argument that “fiction that portrays bad evil wrong things as good will result in the audience believing that bad evil wrong thing is good in real life.” When fiction impacts us,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Actually you do not need to respect the creator or their intentions for the characters when writing fanfiction or shipping. That’s kind of the whole point of fanfiction and shipping– doing what you want with the material without regard to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✨ Write and read the stories that you want to. ✨ Write and read the horror and violence that you want to. ✨ Write and read the romance that you want to. ✨ Write and read the ships that you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
People who use the term “proship” to describe themselves use it to mean “ship and let ship.” People who use the term “proship” to describe themselves use it to mean “I ship what I want to ship, and I don’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
we are happy to help! <3 we personally stopped using the terms “proship” and “antiship” entirely, exactly because no one can agree on what they mean and they only cause confusion and misunderstandings. I tend to use the terms “pro-censorship[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay friend, I see that you’re a little confused, so I’m going to help you the best that I can. “Proship” is not an objective term that you can use to describe a ship. It’s not actually *supposed* to be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart was asked to describe his test for obscenity in 1964, he responded: “I know it when I see it.” Types of ships that pro-censorship fans have attempted to label as objectionable “proships”: characters who[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“anyone who has nothing to hide has nothing to fear” mentality. They think that censorship won’t affect the people that they consider good and right-thinking, because they assume no good and right-thinking person would ever write something that they personally[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There is so much to unpack there.
the fandom pro-censorship crowd LOVES to lean into infantilizing themselves and denying their own agency and culpability.
The world is never worse for having your fiction writing in it. Every story you choose to tell and share improves the world a little bit.
If you see a post promoting freedom of artistic expression and denouncing censorship and your first instinct is that OP must be a pedophile and that you need to attempt to discredit their post with the same kind of ‘child[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
singthepraise: iiterative: ‘the point of fiction is to build the world we want to see!’ respectfully. No It Is Not. the point of fiction is to make up some guys and then be like “wouldn’t it be fucked up if[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
☝️ Writing in fiction about an evil, disgusting, immoral or illegal act does not mean that you believe it is good or should be allowed in real life. ☝️ Reading in fiction about an evil, disgusting, immoral or illegal act[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
drcrispy93: Homestuck antis are a true testament to how little people actually read Homestuck and comprehended it. You’re an anti into HOMESTUCK? The very same Homestuck where the funny grey aliens are forced to fuck their brothers and sisters by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ceasarslegion: ceasarslegion: Psst You. Yeah, you. Over here When someone says or means “i want to fuck another consenting adult of sound mind who acts like/roleplays as x” it does not mean “i want to fuck x” Yes, this includes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
iamnmbr3: Some People: You can’t ship Blorbo and Mr. Evilkiller McMurderface! It’s so problematic. There’s an age gap! Me: … Mr. Evilkiller McMurderface killed Blorbo’s entire family, blew up his planet and ate his best friend in front of him.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
♠️ I believe in your right to create fiction that I don’t enjoy. ♠️ I believe in your right to create fiction that I think would be better if it was different somehow. ♠️ I believe in your right to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What’s killing comments in fandom? The decline of comment culture is something I talk about a lot, however, I didn’t expect a personal rant about the subject to blow up into a 20k+ note post. However, that same post blowing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s so deeply comforting and gratifying to hear that our blog has had a positive influence on people. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your feelings with us, it really makes our day to hear this.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As we were recently discussing re: togafuka; pro-censorship fans in the danganronpa fandom have some really outlandish ideas about what makes a ship unacceptable.
It always seems to come back to pro-censorship fans believing that they and they alone are the only moral and enlightened enjoyers of media in the world, and that everyone else is a disgusting pervert who only engages with media[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Good/constructive critique is critique that helps you strengthen your story by making it better as the story that YOU want to tell. Any critique you receive that tells you that you should change the story in ways that take away[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🤣Good!! I hope your writing goes well. <3 ask game link
moved-to-piersgender: It’s all “be gay do crimes” “cringe culture is dead uwu” until y’all lay your eyes upon someone genuinely weird/transgressive like nonhuman-identifying people, or kinky people, or even neurodivergent people who can’t mask to your satisfaction and suddenly y’all[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Queer coding” exists because for a long time it was unacceptable or outright banned to depict characters who were states to be, or implicitly queer. Therefore authors had to sneak depictions of queer characters in through coding with plausible deniability.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
dachshun: ^ I’ve made this into a new post because OP instantly blocked me after getting caught out for defending p3dos. That means it won’t show up in the notes, and people will continue to reblog the post innocently thinking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
necrobarbie: actually deleting last reblog bc i dont like ops language but in general: ppl over identify with the term proship and try to make it a coherent community when it is, at most, a baseline of interacting with fiction[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
runs-red: Some anti-shippers really act like proship means “dangerous offending paraphile who is deeply perverted and cant’ be good in any way and should be kept away from society” instead of just like “person who doesn’t give a flying fuck[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…