this is a bit harsh but I just saw a comment on an (explicitly rated, extensively tagged) fic that said “I’m a minor and this makes me feel unsafe”
minors shouldn’t feel safe in adult spaces online, because you’re not. things aren’t labeled 18+ because adults love to have tea parties without kids. Websites don’t have age restrictions for the fun of it. Just because writing a bad fanfic doesn’t make someone a predator, doesn’t mean that there aren’t predators out there. There are.
if you are a minor online, sharing that you are a minor online, you should be very very conscious of the fact that the kind of adult who makes you feel safe in adult spaces is not your fucking friend. the kind of adult who shares porn of any kind with you, who writes fluffy sweet porn of your favorite ship for your birthday, isn’t your friend.
the internet might be in your pocket, but it’s not your living room or your public library . if you walked into a seedy 18+ club in the city and you didn’t feel safe, good. you’re not. and the person who tells you it’s fine, takes you to the bar and buys you a drink, is the most dangerous of all. the internet contains the darkest, seediest, most criminal and twisted parts of the human psyche - and people who think and fantasize about those parts, and talk about them explicitly. Not all of those people are dangerous, but that doesn’t mean you should feel safe. you are not entitled to feeling safe everywhere you go. if you feel unsafe, that’s a good signal to leave, not to demand that the adults around you make you feel safe in a dangerous space where you are unwelcome.
I do not want porn fics to make minors feel safe. That isn’t my fucking goal. If they’re grossed out and they leave, that’s better for everyone involved.
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