This is such a non issue but like I notice a theme in shipping fanfics with Leon where he gets no actual agency? Like he's been through literal hell countless times.
So many are about forcing Leon into recovery without it being his choice and he has to deal with it? Or just crossing any boundaries he sets up with little acknowledgement. Even in this smut chreon fic I'm reading which is so well written but irks me. In the AU Leon is biologically made to be submissive and go to therapy, where he has to do bdsm to treat it. *pls no harassment to the author if you recognize it. I am not hating, we can have different opinions on things without being insane!*
It is so hard to get into the smut because the whole time I'm like "wow fucked up he was zero autonomy, like its not a choice its literal force."
You can establish someone has severe maladaptive coping mechanisms but let them have some boundaries?
