Honestly, I really appreciate the neutrality about tcest. It's fine to dislike whatever and not want to see it, but the way people act when they suspect anything even just Might be tcest is kinda crazy. You're fine reading about or looking at art of them being dismembered and brutalized and so on but a consensual relationship with no actual terrible consequences like heterosexual real-life incest is so awful you specifically have to yell about not interacting with you or looking at your art?
I'm not a proshipper or whatever, but people need to learn to use their blacklists better.
I'm old. I remember an internet that had no filters. There were no blocklists. You just visited people's personal GeoCities or Angelfire or Tripod websites that they built themselves and hoped that they'd give you a clue before you clicked the links on their site. You just kind of accepted the risk that by being online you were kinda... in public... and anything could happen. Even on ff net, with its teensy summary sentences, you could get jumpscared. It wasn't great! But we didn't have anything better. I also remember an internet where people who wrote "yaoi" fiction, slash fiction, m/m fiction were treated like freaks. The "THAT'S NOT CANON" Brigade had so many pitchforks. Lots of people, even those speaking in defense of the right to cast characters as gay in their stories, would start with caveats like, "I'm not into this, but..." or, "Let me tell you my thoughts on yaoi..." That was ALSO not great! But human beings were just getting used to the idea of unlimited online communication and all kinds of prejudices and personal limits were clashing.
I have been lucky enough to make so many friends in TMNT fandom over the years. No matter what they read or what they wrote, the coolest folks have always been those who treated everybody with kindness. We've got the tools to label and filter now! It should be easier than ever to share our wonderful Green Guys in ways that respect each others' boundaries. I'm glad you enjoy my chill vibe. Live and Let write. <3 --Kyabetsu
