The problem is so many of yall 1) can’t read 2) have no media literacy 3) have no empathy 4) can’t read 5) are constantly looking for problems to be mad about 6) can’t read 7) think of characters as real people and not storytelling devices
Fanfiction is not "grooming the children."
Ao3 is not a children's site, and fic writers are not your babysitter. We have NO obligation to write kid-safe works.
Stop minimizing ACTUAL grooming & abuse just bc you want the entire internet to become a padded toddler's playpen.
the recent shift in fandom spaces where a person can’t express their feelings or opinions without getting attacked is a huge reason why people do not want to create and end up leaving
“i care about minors, fictional AND real” no you don’t lol putting them on the same level is such a slap in the face to actual victims of csa. you don’t know what pedophilia is or how deeply it affects people so learn the definition or shut the fuck up
Being mocked and having our hobbies stigmatized was far better than having normies pretending to enjoy our hobbies while still mocking us; getting treated like an outcast in our own spaces sucks.
Not to mention the corporate meddling watering everything down for those idiots.
This is what happens when you cheer on censorship of icky fiction you find weird....
we told you it would snowball into general censorship. It never fails but y'all never listen....