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angorwhosebabyisthis · 2 years ago

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i have a lot of complicated feelings about Fucked Upness as portrayed in fiction, and about my reactions to it both conscious and visceral, and i think a lot of it comes down to how so often my relationship to a piece of media is informed by pointing past the text at the author and going 'i see you back there you punk ass bitch'

#general fandoms tag #the crit files #whosebaby talks #i can tolerate; and lean into; some real heavy shit in a piece of fiction /if/ the author has earned my trust re: how they frame it #which does not require a Big PSA Disclaimer or a hayes-code unhappy ending as punishment for Wickedness #if anything some of the worst offenders i've ever had the misfortune of coming across have been media that /does/ try that #but if the author breaks that trust with the kind of framing that makes it clear they don't think it's a horror #whether they don't understand that it is what it is; or understand and think it's a /good/ thing #suddenly the layer of 'this is safe because it's not real' that makes it bearable; even cathartic; is gone #and you're left with the fact that a person who is very real; and their beliefs which are very real #thinks that that kind of na/ked unvarnished cruelty is right and fine #or at least justified #and that context brings the horror of the real thing's existence crashing home in a very different way #i can enjoy and even find my own peace in dark; dark; dark shit plenty if i trust the author #whereas if the framing is fcked even 'minor' things can trigger the hell out of me and haunt me for years #anyway this applies to a lot of things but ToA and LL i am looking directly at you lmao

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