#so I find it weirdly jarring in this fandom because it comes up fairly frequently

[incarnadinedreams]

I've always found the 'MXTX says this is how you should think about morality' arguments to not resonate at all with me because like... Well first of all, that's not how I interpreted any of her comments that I've read (in translation) anyway. But I haven't obsessively tracked down every comment and interview and catalogued them either.

But also. Not to sound overly dismissive but at the end of the day MXTX is just some random lady that wrote a very entertaining book on Chinese Wattpad. It's a book that I enjoyed very much (obviously, considering... waves hands vaguely around), and that doesn't mean there aren't thought-provoking themes and angles to it. There's plenty to dig into, if you're interested in analyzing and thinking about them.

But I simply Do Not Care about her opinions on reader's morality more than any other internet rando or random book author. I don't go full 'death of the author', in that I do consider authorial intent in many ways, but I also feel no obligation to agree with the author's intent even when it is clear what their intent is.

Sometimes opinions conveniently align by coincidence but I simply don't have to agree with anything to enjoy a cute murder mystery/torture-revenge-war-crimes-and-soup-eating themed BL webnovel and it's more fun this way.