“is it wrong for me to write xyz in fiction?” even the most vile, most shockingly disgusting thing you can think of is not wrong to write about as long as it’s fiction. doesn’t matter how you write it. doesn’t matter if you romanticize it.
who do you hurt by indulging in fantasies that are not real? oh right, the imaginary and nonexistent people in your head.
who’s gonna arrest you? the imaginary and nonexistent cops in your head?
who’s gonna stop you? random strangers on the internet who can’t even actually do anything to stop you unless you care about them, their opinions and approval?
*if someone thinks the bad things you write in fiction are okay in real life because they’re portrayed as such in fanfiction, chances are that—with or without the fiction they consume—they’re already troubled and they need help. but their inability to separate fiction from reality is not your problem or business. you’re not a parent or a babysitter of a stranger whose existence you don’t know about.
