shevni replied to your post “sorry if youve already been asked this but whats ur opinion on kidfics...”
i like the concept of kidfic but your criticism is very valid.the fiction children always ask questions that allow the parents to be sappy.what parent of young children has the time or energy to be sappy?stop looking at your husband all dreamy, your child is attempting to climb the one piece of furniture left in your house that could be slightly dangerous even though it hasn't even mastered walking yet, you should move and catch it before the wailing starts.
children. are. a. full. time. job. like yes it is fully possible to write a realistic engaging but not hideously detailed story where the main character/s have a child/children. but it is HARD. is the kid under the age of 10?? congrats, their 24/7 full time main goal in life is to fucking kill themselves while simultaneously destroying everything you own!! they are CONSTANTLY sick! if they aren’t actively sick they’re still fucking oozing!! they will still poop themselves at an age you will be BOGGLED by!! THEY! WILL! NOT! LEAVE! YOU! ALONE! PROTAGONIST MCHERO IS TRYING TO DATE? OH SURE IT’S NOT IMPOSSIBLE, BUT THEN YOU GOTTA GO INTO THE BABYSITTER AND THE BEDTIME AND THE OH BUT LITTLE BECKY HAS DANCE CLASS AND SHE’S LOST HER SHOES AGAIN AND INEXPLICABLY FLUSHED HER TUTU DOWN THE TOILET EVEN THOUGH SHE’S NINE GODDAMMN YEARS OLD AND ALSO NOW HAS LICE FROM GIRL SCOUT CAMP! SHE’S FAILING THIRD GODDAMN GRADE OR WHATEVER BECAUSE SHE REFUSES TO DO MATH OR IS BEING CYBERBULLIED ON NEOPETS OR SHE’S TOO BUSY MAKING SOME OTHER SNOTBRAT’S LIFE HELL BECAUSE CHILDREN ARE FUCKING VICIOUS NIGHTMARES WHO SCREAM AND SCREAM AND SCREAM AND THERE IS NOTHING. YOU. CAN. DO. EXCEPT PARENT THEM OUT OF IT
ONLY THERE’S NO PUNCHLINE
THAT’S IT
THAT’S JUST YOUR LIFE, FOR THE NEXT 20-ODD YEARS, NONSTOP, NO RETURN OPTION AND NO FUCKING DO OVERS FOR YOUR MISTAKES
so why would i want to read about thatÂ














