cookiecolazze
It's been years. I have a question though. What draws the line when it comes to fanfiction? I'm genuinely curious to know how others feel and what're their limits.
To be more specific, I'm talking about a darker approach to fiction. Even if it includes real people because tbh I'm cooking up a story but it's extremely dark. Ofc I'm using it as a place to vent but a part of me feels wrong.
cookiecolazze
Hello, I’m sorry for the late response I haven’t been online much!
I also think that ao3 is the place for that too… even though I’m not aiming for anything too explicit, I still want to be sure that I’m being responsible. For now I guess I’ll just write something more lighthearted for Wattpad bc I want to be more active on here again.
It’s nice to know that I’m not alone in this btw. I was thinking the same thing for the aim of the story. The topics themselves shouldn’t be the main focus but rather the impact that the trauma has on the main characters identity and self worth, as well as their journey of moving on and healing. I definitely want it to end on a good note. I may not even make them the main character and I’ll write in an outsiders perspective instead. I’ll keep experimenting to see what works best!
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts!!
Elephant_Reject
@cookiecolazze I would suggest AO3 for it if I’m honest because it has a better tagging system and people who would find it triggering could filter it out. I’m not going to judge the topics since I once wrote a story where the man topic was DV. I think the focus should more be how to prevent the content matter from getting to the wrong people and treating it with the seriousness it deserves and less on the topics itself.
cookiecolazze
@Elephant_Reject ( TW: the topic's r pretty touchy.) Thank u for sharing your opinion :'] I see what you're saying, and I completely agree with you. I still think that it really depends on the authors intentions and how they're going about it. If I'm going to post it then I want to be both responsible and respectful about it even if I'm using it as an outlet because what I'm writing does indeed have some pretty gruesome and upsetting things... 1) I would hope that the real people don't see it (and they probably wont...) 2) Now your second question... you're very much allowed to judge but it was about abusive home lives, more specifically CSA and emotional neglect (and some physical). Maybe wattpad isn't the place for it?
