#I specified Deathclaw but really just pick literally any fictional monster

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I don’t get why so many people who are in the monster fucker/monster lover community are so against “feral” bodied/non-humanoid monsters like…

“That werewolf can’t consent it literally looks like a dog, that must be your pet dog. 😡” That alien looks too much like a snake, this is zoophilia. :/“ “That nonverbal jellyfish thing doesn’t have a discernible head or any humanlike proportions at all. Even though it’s literally psychic and could just read your mind, this is rape.”

These creatures aren’t real. The characters aren’t actual people. Their thoughts, wills, everything about them is controlled by the author. Period.

Does the artist/author say they’re capable of consent and are consenting? They can consent! They are consenting! No matter what you believe the OP’s “true intentions” were! Does the artist/author not give a shit bc it’s a standalone oneshot type of thing and leaves it up to the viewer? Imagine whatever scenario makes you not be an asshole about it and keep your negative thoughts to yourself!

The Harkness Test can be useful if we ever encounter real aliens or if you’re doing RP with strangers and haven’t discussed boundaries yet or whatever else affects people IRL. Using it for movie/book/game/original creatures in stuff made for individual consumption online is fucking stupid. It doesn’t matter. Don’t like it? Block or blacklist whatever you need so you can control your feed. Or ignore it. Scroll past! Press that little x button on the top of your window! No one’s holding you hostage to the internet!

And no one’s getting hurt if we break the Harkness Test to make porn of Deathclaws or whatever. A Deathclaw isn’t gonna become reactive and maul someone to death and need to be put down. A Deathclaw isn’t gonna commit because it got too attached to humans and then got abandoned. A Deathclaw isn’t gonna accompany a Mutant Animal Rights Activist to come hand you a cash reward for protecting it from “abuse” in fan art. They’re not real. They can’t suffer harm. Leave artists and authors alone.