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“fandom etiquette this” “fandom police that” how about y’all go touch some fucking grass. since when did criticizing fanfiction become illegal?? some of y’all are so weird about this. if you write a weird ass fic with disturbing themes, romanticize it, joke abt it publicly & then get mad when ppl call it weird, that’s hypocritical asf
and no, i’m not talking about harmless tropes ppl simply don’t vibe with, that’s a completely different conversation. i’m talking abt blatant pr*ship content involving incest, abuse, r-pe, minors etc. some of that stuff is genuinely disgusting to me and ppl act shocked that others react negatively to it. “but it’s dead dove!!” / “i tagged and warned” okay?? idgaf. putting a label on it doesn’t magically stop ppl from criticizing it, especially when the author is openly romanticizing and encouraging it afterward like it’s cute or funny just bc it’s fictional
fiction is fiction, yes, but pretending media exists in a vacuum with zero real-life impact or social meaning is just naive. people are obviously going to have reactions to content like that. and honestly the way some ppl in fandom defend this stuff with their entire lives is what weirds me out the most