Also while weâre on the subject, Iâm not dumb for getting that you wrote about fictional characters that are incapable of actually being harmed by the fictional events that happened. Nope, like, youâre the asshole whoâs dumb for forgetting what even kids reading at a first grade reading level getâŠ.the entire POINT of fiction is to evoke feelings and sentiments within readers by conjuring imagery and using language to describe scenarios that mimic or call to mind what that would look like were it happening in live, living color in front of you.
So no fictional characters were harmed in the creation of your rape fic, yup, check, got it, Iâm on the same page there but spoiler alert. I donât give a fuck about those fictional characters and that theyâre safe and unharmed, whew, and I never did. My concern is entirely stemming from THE COMPLETELY NON-FICTIONAL AND REAL EMOTIONAL REACTION YOU HAD TO WORDS PAINTING A PICTURE MEANT TO TRANSPORT YOU TO A REALITY WHERE YOU WERE ACTUALLY WITNESSING OR TAKING PART IN THE SCENE BEING DESCRIBED.
Fictional characters may not matter at the end of the day but buddy, pal, friend or at least thatâs what you claim everytime you reblog âSUPPORT SURVIVORS YEEEEAHâ - the fact that you see no problem juggling both âomg believe and support survivorsâ and âomg you gotta go check out this fic on Ao3, omg sooooo hottttt, the sexy just like JUMPED right out of that scene, YOU know the oneâ.,âŠ.like, spoiler alert the second, that abso-fucking-lutely matters.
And it matters everytime you reblog or post or tweet or retweet something thatâs essentially you saying OMG I HATE RAPE AND RAPISTS AND THATâS EVIL HOLY SHITâŠ..RAPE IS SO WRONGâŠ..
Except for when its that really fucking sizzling hot non-con dom/sub whump fic youâve been following for months on Ao3 along with 2000 devoted enthusiasts of the super hot and omg emotional and compelling and so realistic *fans self* way in which that ficâs author writes scenes where one character taking another one against their will is just the hottest and most exciting and most sexually thrilling thing ever, you just GOTTA hit kudos (first making sure youâre only logged in as Guest, naturally) and let that author know you support them!
Except lol wanna hear something thatâs really funny? In that âgee, do ya really wonder why a lot of survivors froth at the mouth about your harmless little noncon fantasy fic-a-thons, do you REALLYâ sorta way?
Guess who youâre also supporting every time you add another non-con fic to the pool, or ramp up the comment or kudos or even hit count on one?
Go ahead, guess! Iâll give you two guesses, actually, and Iâll even give you a hint - its NOT the survivors youâre so sad and heartbroken for everything theyâve been through, every time you hit reblog or retweet on OMG SUPPORT SURVIVORS.
Nope. Fun fact, its ACTUALLY all their rapists!
Yeah, see, complex calculus at work here, so bear with me, this is gonna involve a lot of mathâŠ..
Like, I donât claim to be a psychologist and like rape fantasies are a thing, whatever, I neither pretend to know or care why peoplesâ brains do that, and honestly, like, weâre not in control of everything our brains do, Iâm not the least bit interested in hunting down and kicking in the face of every person whose brain-machine works in ways I donât get or particularly care forâŠ.
Something I DO claim to get because like, Iâm not five and all of us who arenât in fact five years olds get this, even if some of us are suuuuuuuuper invested in pretending we donâtâŠ..
WRITING those fantasies and EDITING those fantasies and UPLOADING those fantasies and SHARING those fantasies and CREATING ENTIRE SUBCULTURES around those fantasies and rallying the troops with cries of FREEDOM OF SPEECH AAAAAAHHHH to DEFEND those fantasies and the sharing of them and encouraging and proliferating of them specificallyâŠ..
Thatâs not your brain machine doing something funky, thatâs your grown ass self going hmmmm, I actually really LIKE this thing my brain machine did here, in fact I like it so much Iâm gonna share it with the whole wide world because I just bet I know some other people who would like this thing my brain machine did here and if Iâm really lucky, woo-eee, maybe itâll make one of their brain machines spit out a little something something for me to read in bed later, yâknow, all naughty like. #scandalousgigglesomgimsobad
And you know what alllllllll those naughty little noncon fics yâall giggle about actually say? Across every fandom, every time period, every genre, every setting, with every character, involving every sexuality?
The single underlying common message that doesnât likeâŠ.its not even lurking deep at the heart of every one of those fics, kudos, comments, hit counts, its actually broadcast in big neon letters just by virtue of the sheer existence of those things, thus ironically making Donât Like/Donât Read not only patronizing as shit, but also a completely moot point?
Yeah. That message? Reads a little something like this:
Psst. Hey. You over there, yeah you, câmere, I wanna tell you something. So like, you know how I just reblogged how omg rape is bad and evil blah blah blah whatever? Donât believe the hype! Because see, check out this fic here, check out what I came up with or what this one writer I really like and admire came up with and likeâŠ.seeâŠ.likeâŠ.I GET it, man. I abso-fucking-lutely get it. Forget what I said over there, that was just for the Prudes, to like, get society off my back, ugh, its the worst. But no, between you and me and like everyone else Iâm whisper-shouting this message toâŠ..I absofuckinglutely understand that in the right contexts, the right scenarios, with the right hotties, likeâŠ.hell yeah, one of those hotties saying to another hottie, âfuck your no, I want what I want from you and Iâm just gonna take it whether you like it or notâ?âŠâŠHoly shit do I get it, like, I would neeeeeeeeeeeeever actually do that in real life actually myself, ewww no, gross but likeâŠ.just the idea of it? Just thinking about what you did, or you doing it again to someone I find really hot, personally, likeâŠ.dude, youâre right, that is super sexy. I am WITH you, buddy! And honestly? Iâm not even really that ashamed of it, Iâm like PROUD to broadcast that I GET IT DUDE, IâM TOTALLY WITH YOU (but only sometimes, and when nobodyâs watching and also its fictional so it totes doesnât count, except FYI I actually super love it the most when it like FEELS really realistic and like, you can just FEEL the emotions that those hotties are feeling, like, ugh, thatâs the good stuff, thatâs what I like).
I mean. Iâm paraphrasing. But you get the gist.
And so does every single rapist or wannabe rapist or potential rapist whose ever caught your eye and cracked the code and followed you down the secret Diagonalwhatever Alley where your favorite HP noncon smut fic was set to the secret meeting where you and a couple thousand of your closest friends all meet in secret plain sight to whisper shout loudly about hooooooly fuck how much do they love a well written and realistic depiction of one person violating anotherâs consent, but in likeâŠ..a sexy way, yâknow.
Anyway, so, I just wanted to take this opportunity real quick, and say, as a survivor it justâŠ..all those reblogs and retweets and heartfelt comments in the tags saying omg sexual assault is terrible nobody should have to go through that ow my heart is breaking for you ugh why would anyone ever think its okay to do that to another person like what has to be going through someone like thatâs mind to even CONCEIVE of such a thing like ughâ, I justâŠ..*wipes single tear from my eye, voice hitches mid-syllable* Your support just really means the world to me, it really does.
And I mean, donât worry, Iâm sure your support and validation also totes means the world to every rapist whoâs ever suffered a single moment of self-doubt about whether or not theyâd maybe likeâŠ..done a bad thing, ignoring or even just wanting to ignore that one hottieâs consent that one time or maybe two or ten! And Iâm sure they would totally tell you that themselves if you ever did just give them that âIâm With You, Broâ head-nod of Solidarity across the room or whisper in the hall in passing âI totes get it, omg so hotâ, but like its cool!Â
We all get that you canât do THAT, its like lol, omg you cant just SAY âugh how hot is rape I canât evenâ, you have to use the CODE, you gotta say its just when its fictional characters and theyâre not really doing the things theyâre written doing specifically to make you feel as though they were really real and really doing the things theyâre written doing, likeâŠ.DUH, otherwise its not a SECRET.
Aaaaaaanyway, in case you need a tl;dr, here you go: I honestly truly do not give a single fuck about any fantasies you might have or why you might have them unless and until you give me a reason to. Like, whateverâs in your brain is literally just between you and your brain. You talk it out with your therapist, thatâs between the two of you. You even wanna do something scandalous with a sexual partner whoâs on the same page as you and both of you are equally informed, adult and consenting? You do you, I donât actually have the time, energy or inclination to spend every waking minute wondering what people do or think when theyâre not around me doing things that have nothing the fuck to do with me, so youâre all good there, unless you wanted to literally invite me into your bedroom to watch for some bizarro-reason, in which case, thanks for thinking of me, but hard pass, yanno?
BUT the second you make the conscious, premeditated decision to turn a specific fantasy into words that you share beyond your bedroom, or participate in a culture of sharing and proliferating and defending such works and saying loudly to anyone who says something about this big old rape fic sitting in the middle of the internet-highway HEY THIS IS MY ART OR MY FRIENDâS ART AND I SUPPORT IT, GTFOUTTA HERE WITH YOUR CENSORSHIP UGGGGGGGGGH?
Like, you have absolutely made it my business, because lol i know right, how weird is it for me to have an (unfavorable) opinion about the way it feels like getting drop-kicked in the nads every single fucking time (and thatâs a LOT of times) Iâm casually perusing the blog or Ao3 profile or fave fics reading list of someone I thought supported survivors because they literally said the words I support survivors except lol also, check out two pages earlier where they reblogged this really hot noncon Voltron fanart with the tags âugh its just *fans self*â
Oh well. Anyway, sorry if all of that came off really harsh or judgmental or critical, or like, if it made anyone feel bad about themselves or thoughts or fantasies theyâve had or things theyâve done or written or supported, likeâŠ.whoops, I really didnât mean to.Â
I mean, I personally canât relate to being confronted by something some stranger on the internet wrote that just made me feel like absolute SHIT even just knowing it was there, even if I tried to pretend I hadnt seen it, didnt engage with it interact with it, confront the person who wrote it or blocked them entirely, like, being forced to look at some of my most painful or darkest thoughts or memories or imaginings just by virtue of having seen that thing that stranger wrote in passing? I canât even IMAGINE what that would feel like, let alone having to feel like that every single day when inevitably a dozen more things just like it popped up throughout my day randomly while online, like, ugh, but it sounds just AWFUL.
So just so you know, I totally support you if youâre feeling down because of something you read now today and am so sorry for your hardship, like it really sucks and nobody should have to feel like that ever, ugh, what kind of person wouldâŠ.I justâŠ.I mean, that person would just have to be such an asshole to not give a shit what kind of impact their thoughtless or careless words or actions could have on another human being even if they didnât MEAN for it too. Let alone to KEEP doing it and KEEP posting similar shit just like that first thing even after being TOLD by you and a bunch of your friends âOw this thing HURTS, why did you have to write itââŠ.am I right guys?
Okay, Iâm done now. But in all seriousness (not like I was actually laughing through any of that, but ykwim)âŠ..
Making this plea sincerely, passionately, and from the bottom of my heart to all non-survivors who read, write or share non-con fic just as readily as you read, write or share posts about supporting survivorsâŠ.
If you honestly, truly, for whatever reason, simply CAN NOT or WILL NOT bring yourself to give up your precious rape fics after hearing it explicitly detailed the kind of effect their very EXISTENCE can and does have on survivors, and far more than just myselfâŠ..
Then for real? At least do us a favor and stop making or reblogging posts about how you support survivors. Because you donât. Not when it matters. Not when youâre asked to do something more than just hit reblog.
Bottom line is I just donât believe you. I donât trust you. Because the first and last thing to run through my head every time I witness someone listen to me or another survivor SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF OUR LUNGS how much all that non-con fic fucking HURTS, fictional or notâŠâŠonly to later witness that same person who hit âlikeâ on that post or other posts about survivors go on to also hit like, or kudos, or comment, or New Post on Ao3 with the tag ânon-conâ on clear display over a summary that clearly advertises this is a smut fic, it is meant to get people off?
First and last thing to run through my head then, is always, ALWAYS:Â
âHey, you know who else canât be bothered to prioritize the health and well-being of actual human beings over their own sexual fantasies or gratifications?â
And I for one am sick and tired of getting an inaccurate headcount of my supposed allies, and then having to wonder later who was too busy jerking off to fictional depictions of my trauma to show up and support me when they explicitly promised they would.
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