#like if you need your morals spoon-fed to you by fictional media
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"You can't create fiction about X problematic thing without explicitly condemning it otherwise your readers/viewers will think it's okay to do irl!"
Okay see well I was under the impression that since I'm not creating fiction for literal 5-year-olds that my readers/viewers would already be aware of the fact it's not okay to rape, torture, and murder people in real life without me spoon-feeding that to them like they're toddlers ÂŻ\_(ă)_/ÂŻ
If you're over the age of 10 and still don't know that it's bad to hurt people in real life without a fairy tale telling you so, then that is 100% a you problem, like I don't know what to tell you here :/
#just anti things#anti bs#proship#proshipper#proship safe#tw: rape mention#literally every time an anti tries the ''this could make someone think this is okay irl'' argument on me#all I can think is ''K? Literally not my problem if some stranger needs to be told by fiction not to rape people in order to not do that.''#like if you need your morals spoon-fed to you by fictional media#then might I suggest you avoid horror and other ''taboo'' genres and stick to Dora the Explorer huh?#but we don't just eradicate things from existence because 0.1% of the people who *might* see it *might* try to act it out irl#like if that's the case the bible makes a grating vocal minority act like complete assholes#so are we banning religious texts now because some religious people get a little too into it and make people's lives difficult?
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hot fucking take, but if a piece of media is not primarily aimed at children then you can all shove your little "impressionable little girls" discourse where the sun doesn't shine. if an adult woman sees an unhealthy / dysfunctional / otherwise not-applicable-to-real-life romance in a story and takes it as life advice then the fault lays on her own poor judgement. imagine if we applied this standard to fictional stuff beyond romance, there would be no stories we should be allowed to tell.
hot fucking take, romance is more scrutinized than other (arguably more dangerous) aspects of fiction, like violence, because itâs considered to be a *girl thing*, and girls need to be protected from their own impressionable minds more than boys do, whether theyâre 5 or 50. (which weâve discussed ad nauseam)
But I think even literal âlittle girlsâ deserve more credit than the discourse gives them. At age 8, *I* was watching Sailor Moon, with its plethora of complex villains and antivillains, some of whom were redeemable, some were irredeemable but still treated sympathetically, and some even fell in love with a heroine. And I remember being perfectly able to handle the complexity---I rooted for certain things while also being aware of why they couldnât ultimately have a happy ending, I saw the tragedy of villains who had been molded into monsters and couldnât find their way back to their true selves for what it was, I watched the male lead shut the heroine out horribly and leave her sobbing in the ground, only for them to be eventually reunited (and separated again, and reunited again). Maybe itâs because Iâve always watched more anime than western animation, but I donât recall ever having trouble connecting with messy romances or stories where the line between good and bad guy wasnât so clear. I donât think children need to be spoon fed exclusively with patronizing narratives and simplistic morals. Children are way smarter than adults, and itâs much healthier to educate them to appreciate complexity and three-dimensional characters in the stories they consume, imo.
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Youâre allowed to like villainous, evil, and antagonist characters without including a disclaimer on your analysis of them. You donât have to reassure the Good People Of Tumblr that you donât condone Evil-Doing irl. For fuckâs sake. Have a little respect for your followersâ intelligence.Â
If they do think youâre pro-murder for finding a fictional murderer well-written and they unfollow you for that, then good for you! Youâve successfully weeded out the children who need morals spoon-fed to them by creators for them to consider a piece of media Acceptable and Good, because they are unable to discern these things for themselves.Â
Why would you want that type of person following you in the first place? Unless, of course, you are that type of person. In which case, maybe touch some grass.
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