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Ranting:

TW: Mentions of pedophilia, zoophilia, (real life) murder and incest under the cut

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I agree with most of this post. I find Loli and Shota disgusting and I'm not going to deny that fiction can have an effect on reality. However, I believe it depends completely on the person's mentality (the one who is consuming the media). The main issue I have is the example of a real-life murder and the way it is worded (I do not know the op's intent and I don't want to assume intent).

I want to say this upfront: If somebody is not capable of separating fiction from reality, I don't think they should be online / in online spaces like Tumblr or more general forums (like with the example). The same goes for children + very young teens. This is why I have such a huge issue with the Slenderman Stabbing being used as an example.

Quote: "Why did it happen? Because of a fictional creepypasta."

Partially correct. It happened because an undiagnosed, untreated 12-year-old schizophrenic girl had unrestricted and unsupervised access to the internet and when she began having delusions that Slenderman (the fictional character) was demanding she sacrifice someone, her mental health was not taken seriously. (Obviously, this does not mean all people with schizophrenia will murder or have those specific delusions). The fictional media she consumed did have an effect, and there are many more, however, there are also many other cases like this (a teenager committing a murder) that were not at all motivated by fiction. And not to mention the amount of times a killer has claimed that 'the devil/a demon made them do it'.

Last thing I want to say about the example specifically: I do not like the way a real-life murder was used as an example about a post involving how drawing fictional characters in sexual situations makes you a paedophile. (I personally believe it can not be a ‘one size fits all’ situation. An artist drawing a doujinshi filled with 18+ art of Homura or Madoka from Puella Magi Madoka Magica is different from an artist doing the same for Jotaro Kujo from JJBA. [also yes both of these things do exist, unfortunately]) 

Additionally, the wording (in my opinion) seems to be removing the agency and responsibility from these criminals (not just the murderers, the others mentioned in the original post) and placing it onto the media they consumed.

This next part will not be related to the original post much, but more so about the mentality in the above paragraph and the similar one I’ve seen thrown around in fandom a lot.

I am more offended, as somebody who has been groomed and sexually coerced by a family member, that somebody would blame this person’s actions on the media they consume than a person making art of an incest ship. 

I do not personally consume media like that (fanart and fics specifically) as it makes me uncomfortable (including step-siblings) however I do not hate the people that do, or the ones that create it. I ignore, I scroll, and if the creator is very prolific in a certain tag - I block. I believe that stories involving incest and sexual abuse within families can be - and often are! - well written. (An example that I think works is Flowers In The Attic.) However, I think that 99% of the time you aren’t going to find those types of stories on Tumblr or AO3. 

XXsonadow_loverXX is probably not going to write the best portrayal of incestuous abuse in their Tcest fic, but that isn’t going to do the same harm as propaganda films did and do. If a person reads that fic - or consumes any media where incest isn’t outright condemned - and genuinely starts to believe that incest is good in real life they shouldn’t have been in that space to begin with.

TLDR: I have too many thoughts. Fiction affects reality but not all fiction does it on the same severity scale. If you read through all of this you deserve a medal and a personal apology.

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