HUGE ASS MOTHERFUCKING WARNING: THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS MENTIONS OF MENTAL ILLNESSES, SEXUAL ASSAULT, RAPE, AND PEDOPHILIA. IF THIS MAKES YOU UNCOMFORTABLE... DON'T. READ. IT.
Hello... been a while since I've written anything on this platform but GOD do I deserve some sort of mental release... so here it is; my Rant Book.
My name is Ethan, and to preface this, I am a huge ass fan of My Hero Academia. I am also an unfortunate shipper of BakuShima, which is Bakugou and Kirishima together. Something you should know when diving into fandoms is that sometimes... there are very disgusting, horrible things... and sometimes, just SOMETIMES, you end up having to look at them.
Now, I'm all about the thought process of "don't like, don't read", but god fucking dammit if you don't give me some kind of warning beforehand, I'm gonna fucking read it. And I don't mean a little authors notes in the description, because I'm pretty sure most people just see it and read the title and go at it. I mean like, in the chapters, first thing in bold: "there's gonna be something that might make you uncomfortable so stop fucking reading if you think it might, you know, cus I value your mental health."
But today, I found a mistake.
I'm not saying some people should keep their disturbing thoughts in their head, but some people should keep their disturbing thoughts in their head, or at least warn that it's going to be taken out of their head.
I read an... unfortunate BakuShima fanfic. I won't say the name, the writer, or any other overly revealing details, but here's the gist;
- (don't read if you think it might cause you discomfort or extreme cringe! everything that is italicized is the description, so just skip it if you need to.) -
Baku and Kiri have a sexual experience and both wanna fuck. Cool, right? Hah, wrong. Dead fucking wrong. It doesn't stop there. Baku and Kiri have sexual tension, and Todoroki (who is in a relationship with Midoriya), teases both of them and forces them to do some activity that makes it even worse. Midoriya gets jealous and takes Todoroki and ties him up and leaves him for Bakugou to deal with. Without asking. That's pretty much a form of sexual assault, kids! Baku gets turned on by Todoroki being submissive, Deku comes back and demands a blowjob from Todo, it happens, then Baku gives Deku a blowjob, and at one point they talk about how Kiri is fuck buddies with TetsuTetsu.
Of course I stop reading at this point, and went to look at the wonderful description, and at the lil' bottom I see and small warning - if you could call it that - saying that they would all have an orgy.
Nope, boy - I think I'm good - fucking amazing in fact, without seeing any of that. I've had enough. I came for cute BakuShima fluff or hot BakuShima sex, bud, I'm not sure I'm interested in any extremely kinky orgy's right now.
You know what the worst thing about this entire ordeal?
It's not the fucking first time a MHA fan has came up with some revolting bullshittery.
Oh no! I kid you not, I have read and seen countless gross things from other fandoms, but the MHA fandom truly takes the cake for me.
Here's the thing, I love MHA. From the character development to the annoying and truly disgusting Mineta, I love it. Though some characters - *cough* Ururaka/Momo *cough* - are a bit lacking, some of the character development is a bit too slow (like, seriously, you're telling me that Bakugou has NOT submitted to his underlying anxiety and problems before now, even with his raging hormones? Either Bakugou's balls haven't dropped or he needs to hit me up with his anxiety meds), and there are many other problems with the show, but I love it. The fandom, however... makes me just wanna... scoop my eyes out and set them on fire.
One girl sent Horikoshi (the amazing creator of MHA) a request, asking for an AVA or CD where Bakugou and Todoroki basically got sexually assaulted. I kid you not. I got sent the info for it at 11 pm. I was supposed to be sleeping, okay? And it wasn't just for more character development or some sort of interesting arch - no. It was for fanservice. Rape? For Fanservice? Ohohoho - I think we're good.
I'm going to open up - I have been sexually assaulted. Seeing things with any form of rape or sexual assault has literally sent me into life-threatening panic attacks - so the idea that someone would even consider it for fanservice just... hurts. It disgusts me. I can maybe... I GUESS understand it if it's a kink and you give MAJOR WARNING and everyone is CONSENTING to roleplay rape... but my god, for fanservice, ACTUAL SEXUAL ASSAULT?
No.
See, some shows portray it well, though after they introduced sexual assault or pedophilia I often dropped out, I did see it coming and it WASN'T to make a sick, twisted fangirls heart finally feel some sort of beat.
An example of well portrayed uncomfortable sexual situations is Banana Fish. Though I never finished it, because unfortunately I was sent into a minor panic attack and couldn't watch the show without scratching my skin off, I did get far enough to realize that one of the 2 main characters did experience a form of sexual assault, and was a victim of pedophilia. And the show didn't have to show an old fat man having sex with a 12-year-old kid, because it didn't need to - it got its point across JUST FINE and WITHOUT showing the uncomfortable experience, or making it into fanservice.
Does this help you understand?
The MHA fandom is at a bit of a low point, and fuck - if it doesn't make me wish I had never found the stupid anime.
The lesson of today's rant is:
First, put warnings on situations that may make people have a fucking panic attack, or just generally uncomfortable or disgusted. Dude, no joke, if you have to put a GIANT WARNING up on EVERY CHAPTER, do it. Just... do it.
Second... please - don't try to make rape or sexual assault or any other... HORRIBLE thing into fanservice. If you enjoy the idea of them ROLEPLAYING rape, fine! Wack your fucking meat, dude. But please... do not sexualize ACTUAL, UNCONSENTED rape or sexual assault.
*mic drop*
