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Apr. 1st, 2017 05:12 am
Shoutout to younger people in fandom:
via http://ift.tt/2nJWRYo:
uniwolfwerecorn:
It’s okay to enjoy “problematic” fiction.
It’s okay to draw fanart and write fanfiction that appeals to you, and you alone.
You’re allowed to ship whatever you want. Let me repeat this for emphasis: YOU ARE ALLOWED TO SHIP WHATEVER YOU WANT PERIOD.
Your own enjoyment and entertainment are valid reasons to write, draw, or consume something.
If this enjoyment takes the form of sexual gratification, that’s also a valid reason to writer, draw, or consume something.
Fiction does not have to be morally pure. Fiction allows us to explore things that we wouldn’t want to experience in real life, things like violence, sexual violence, drug abuse, sexual taboos, or kinks: all kinds of weird or disturbingt things, and that’s okay.
No, the narrative does not have to condemn these things explicitly.
You don’t owe other fans an explanation or apology for the things you enjoy in fiction
If someone asks you to reveal personal information, it’s okay to tell them to fuck off.
There’s no such thing as a fandom police. Whoever claims to have the authority to tell you what is or isn’t acceptable for you to enjoy, is just arrogating that right. Their strategy only works if you let them have this power, so don’t.
It’s up to each person individually to create a “safe space” for themselves.
Other people’s mental health is not your responsibilty.
Not wanting to hear about anyone’s personal trauma does not make you a bad person.
to younger people in fandom:
some fans and some fannish spaces and some fan content are not safe - some for you as a young person, some for anyone.
it is not your fault if a space is not safe for you.
it is not your responsibility as a child to be perfect at recognizing pedophiles when you encounter them.
it is not your moral duty to be the one who sets boundaries with adults.
if someone does something they shouldn’t to you, it’s not your fault.
abusers and pedophiles in fandom are to blame for their own actions. their victims are NOT at fault.
uniwolfwerecorn:
It’s okay to enjoy “problematic” fiction.
It’s okay to draw fanart and write fanfiction that appeals to you, and you alone.
You’re allowed to ship whatever you want. Let me repeat this for emphasis: YOU ARE ALLOWED TO SHIP WHATEVER YOU WANT PERIOD.
Your own enjoyment and entertainment are valid reasons to write, draw, or consume something.
If this enjoyment takes the form of sexual gratification, that’s also a valid reason to writer, draw, or consume something.
Fiction does not have to be morally pure. Fiction allows us to explore things that we wouldn’t want to experience in real life, things like violence, sexual violence, drug abuse, sexual taboos, or kinks: all kinds of weird or disturbingt things, and that’s okay.
No, the narrative does not have to condemn these things explicitly.
You don’t owe other fans an explanation or apology for the things you enjoy in fiction
If someone asks you to reveal personal information, it’s okay to tell them to fuck off.
There’s no such thing as a fandom police. Whoever claims to have the authority to tell you what is or isn’t acceptable for you to enjoy, is just arrogating that right. Their strategy only works if you let them have this power, so don’t.
It’s up to each person individually to create a “safe space” for themselves.
Other people’s mental health is not your responsibilty.
Not wanting to hear about anyone’s personal trauma does not make you a bad person.
to younger people in fandom:
some fans and some fannish spaces and some fan content are not safe - some for you as a young person, some for anyone.
it is not your fault if a space is not safe for you.
it is not your responsibility as a child to be perfect at recognizing pedophiles when you encounter them.
it is not your moral duty to be the one who sets boundaries with adults.
if someone does something they shouldn’t to you, it’s not your fault.
abusers and pedophiles in fandom are to blame for their own actions. their victims are NOT at fault.
