i'm sure you get lots of asks but i'm new to the fanfic/tumblr fandom scene. when you say horrific topics like incest and noncon should exist, do you mean they should exist because it happens irl but it shouldn't be romanticized? because if so i agree. i think we should experience reading and/or writing such things. movies and shows have portrayed such acts for years. but i think the problem lies through the fetishization and romanticization of it.
no. I mean romanticize whatever you want. my stance has always been âwrite whatever you want, however you want.â
not to mention that you canât always tell if something romanticizes bad things. two people can read the same fic, one can say âthis romanticizes non-conâ, the other can say, âno, this doesnât romanticize anything.â itâs all about each personâs interpretation. itâs all subjective.
that said, if someone wants to romanticize bad things in fiction, then go ahead. itâs their rights and their freedom to create whatever they want, however they want. no censorship means nothing is censored, doesnât matter how it was written/created.
and if these taboo fantasies are someoneâs fetish, then as long as theyâre not harming anyone in real life, what turns them on is literally none of your business.
incest and cnc kinks have always been one of the most popular kinks, and most people who are into them can separate fiction from reality.
(and if some of them canât, their inability to separate fiction, kinks and fantasies from reality is not other peopleâs problem or responsibility.)
fanfiction is not an act of activism. someoneâs kink and what they do in bed with their consenting partner is not an act of activism.
kill the moral cop in your head. fanfiction and kinks donât have to be âmorally correctâ. it can be whatever turns a person on, however turns a person on, and as long as no one in real life is harmed, what they do and how they do it is no oneâs business.
you donât have to be comfortable with it. you donât have to like it. you donât have to understand it. you just have to mind your own business and not shame or harass others over fiction and fantasies. because otherwise itâll just make you a bully who wants to find a âmorally correctâ excuse to shame and harass innocent people.