This is where everything in fandom went wrong, tbh. It's crazy how people decided that projecting their morality onto fictional characters was a necessity in order to justify their enjoyment of a character/story. They must be GOOD. They must be MORALLY SUPERIOR. It's insufferable
we need to bring back the obsessive, almost maniacal drive to create great art and serious literature. literally drowning in fast food art and disposable books…literal cultural gluttony unfolding before our eyes
This is the natural conclusion of the concept of "consent" used this way:
"Ew i don't consent to seeing the gays out in public"
"I don't consent to seeing a fat body on the beach"
It becomes just a tool to police others
Anti-shippers, do you realize that...
- You actively avoid any actual science on the topic of taboo fantasies?
- You never listen to experts?
- You come up with made up reasons not to listen to them?
- You never have any sources to back up your claims?
Ever asked yourself why?
"I reported the fic and AO3 deleted it" is a dumb narrative to spread because we all know AO3 doesn't step in unless the TOS is broken, which "icky" fics do not break. Not only will it cause the new people coming in to unnecessarily flood the report system, increasing the already
I've noticed a lot of people treat liking female characters and sapphic ships as like. A quota you need to fulfill rather than simply engaging with well written characters and relationships you enjoy
i love when a character isn't aware they're falling in love and gets so obviously jealous u just have to giggle watching them get annoyed and do the silliest things
People denying that most of Ao3's content is made by proshippers is frying me
Ao3 was MADE by proshippers, specifically Wincest shippers.
Get off this site if you don't like that.