People can absolutely voice their opinions. That's literally what others are doing, The problem is that you're acting like criticism isn't allowed just because something is fictional, "Fictional" does not automatically mean harmless. Fiction can still normalize, romanticize, or trivialize harmful things. That's why people criticize media all the time, whether it's racism, abuse, glorified violence, or sexual relationships involving minors.
and yes, reading a fictional story is not the same as committing a real crime. But people are still allowed to be uncomfortable with content that depicts or romanticizes relationships involving children, and they're allowed to criticize the people who defend it.
Saying "it's just fiction" doesn't address the actual concern. The concern is that media can influence attitudes, normalize certain ideas, and attract audiences who are interested in those themes. That's why these discussions exist in the first place.
You don't have to agree with the criticism, but dismissing every concern with "it's fictional, so it doesn't matter" ignores why people find the content disturbing to begin with, your the dumb one here. I swear these kind of things should not be normalized Or ROMANTASIZED AT ALL. THIS HAPENS TO REAL PEOPLE WAKE UP IT SHOULDNT BE A ROMANTASIZED LOVE STORY OF SOME FUCKED UP SHIT.
But but when it comes to news on the tv, you can't cherry pick what you wanna watch. We watch what is shown to us. It's not the same here. Tags and comments exist before we start reading, atleast for a majority of the titles. If some people don't like it from the tags and comments then why do they still read it and criticise. It's gonna be real stupid to hate on multitude of books just cause it might have r*pe or violence topics in it. (Novels that is) We can't stop people's sick fetishes all around the globe, even if they get taken out, more are gonna pop up. Not defending that this book is the ultimate bible or anything but yeah, many manga titles do give out warnings of such violence yet people still read it and shit on it... ┑(￣Д ￣)┍ and if people wanna normalise this kinda stuff, then they don't have common sense.
"There's a warning tag and comments so you shouldn't read it if you don't like it" doesn't suddenly make something beyond criticism. A warning tells people what's in the book; it doesn't tell them they're not allowed to have an opinion on it afterward. That's like saying movie reviews shouldn't exist because the trailer already told you what the movie was about.
The criticism isn't that these books contain rape or violence. Plenty of stories include horrible things without romanticizing or glorifying them. The issue is when those topics are presented as desirable, romantic, or sexually appealing. People aren't obligated to stay quiet about that just because there were warning tags beforehand.
And "don't read it" isn't a counterargument to criticism. If someone reads a book and thinks its portrayal of a topic is awful, they're allowed to say so. That's no different from someone watching a movie and criticizing it afterward.
Also, nobody is claiming criticism will magically erase every fetish in the world. The point of criticism isn't to make problematic content disappear overnight—it's to express why people find it disturbing or objectionable. The existence of warnings doesn't make a work immune to discussion or judgment.
Clock it
These people are idiots. You guys should know that this is FICTION. No matter how fucked up or messed up a story is, it should still be excluded and not treated as real life.
And, mind you guys. YOU decided to read this YOURSELVES. So you don't get to play the Moral card here. You have no place to preach about morals, rights and wrongs, when you yourselves are also indulging in this type of media. So stop wasting those breaths, and just let people enjoy whatever they want
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