#also you're welcome for not using the word 'poggers' at the end by the way

[takami-takami]

HONEST OPINION TIME

Okay. I truly, genuinely do believe this and I'm tired of holding back.

Smut is so important. Like yeah, comfort and fluff is incredible and healing, but practically nobody talks about how fucking healing smut is.

Sexual health and play are incredibly important. For a lot of people, this is, like... Their only healthy sexual outlet. And for a lot of people, sexuality has never really been a safe or comfortable place. Being able to pick a safe character to hold your hand when dipping your toes into it is so special. Being able to set boundaries for yourself by selecting what you want to read on your terms is so important.

As far as play, smut is fun. It's so fun. It makes people smile and kick their feet and teehee. Talking about characters with you guys feels like kiki'ing at a sleepover! It brightens my mood whenever we make jokes about it and share ideas!

A safe place to explore kinks is important. I cannot tell you the amount of times I've had people tell me "I like this and it's not normal" regarding my fics and I just frown, because I have an inkling that the instinct to judge yourself before anyone else can comes from shame. From the internalized messages that power is a thing that "doesn't belong to people like you." Or from the incredibly pervasive attitudes society has toward any and all forms of "degeneracy" (read: purity culture, oppressive systems, cultural conservatism, homophobia/transphobia, etc). It's bullshit.

This page is and always will be sex-positive and kink-positive. It's something I have to remind myself, too. Because it's hard. I judge myself too and I, too, live in this society; but I try to be strong because that narrative needs to change somehow.

I've gotten messages before about how people feel loved and desired when reading my fics which means so much to me because duh? We should? You deserve to feel loved and admired? I'm killing any person who made you feel like that wasn't the bare minimum, anyone who made you feel less than, by the way.

It's, like. Idk. I think it's incredibly healing. It's healing and fun and safe and awesome and cool, I guess.