#there's probs someone out there who will deliberately misinterpret what I'm saying here

[nowoyas]

hey grae I kind of need some clarification help regarding comfort characters. I really don't want to start something bad so please disregard if this is bad topic. We're both adults and I also enjoy mha characters, but I'm starting to get a little nervous about being attacked for "aged up characters" even though I'm not even into smut writings. Should I just make my space 18+ for safety? I just don't want someone angry with me for liking anime characters despite their ages. I asked someone else this already too since it was just on my mind the other day. you can call me fearful anon if you need to call me out or something aha...sorry for asking this

I’ve been trying to think of the best response to this ask since I got it, and I think I’ve gotten to where I can form a decent answer now? forgive me if this comes across in some horrible way, if that is the case I can assure you you’re most likely misinterpreting my words

I’m solidly in the camp of if you’re writing primarily 18+ content (darkfic, smut, basically themes that would get you stopped from entering alone if it were in a movie), your space should be 18+. the occasional bit of smut or other adult themes doesn’t mean block off your whole space as long as you’re clear when content IS 18+, and aging up characters for non-smut reasons is probably fine? like, sometimes the plot just calls for it, or you love the character but you’re not really interested in writing a story about 15 year olds. 

the age thing with comfort characters is, on occasion, kind of confusing to me. it feels stupid to attack people for shit like “well you’re 21 and like a character who’s canonically 16 you must be a pedophile” even though I’ve been consuming the content for seven years and was actually YOUNGER than the character in question since I started connecting to him, yannow? maybe it’s personal for me with izuku, but yknow, he’s a character I’ve liked for so long and that hasn’t changed just because I’ve gotten older, even though characters don’t age with us.

DISCLAIMER I MEAN THIS IN TERMS OF LIKING A CHARACTER NOT LIKE, LIKING CHILDREN AND IT’S KIND OF SAD THAT I HAVE TO CLARIFY THAT BUT YKNOW WHATEVER