Using the "it's just fiction" excuse to justify toxic tropes in manga is not just lazy, it's plain dumb. Like, do thses people expect my morals and empathy to disappear just because what I'm witnessing isn't real? If I see depictions of people getting abused, hurt, or suffering, it's always going to garner an emotional response from me. Idk how tha...... 2 reply
“But, even then readers reserve the right to express what parts of the story make them uncomfortable and what parts they enjoyed. “
I agree. I think that the only issue is that when some people give a “realistic point of view”, they feel like it’s okay to bash the author, the characters, and the readers. People will say bad things abo...... 2 reply
I agree with your first two statements but the last one idk about. That gives leeway for people to believe their racist, homophobic, sexist, etc. ideas are ok. For example, lets says I said I believe rape shouldn't be a crime. In no way is that opinion valid nor should it be respected. But tbh I don't really think your opinion is unpopular, seems l...... 1 reply
In my personal experience it is not the fact that people talk about the toxic situations, what they like or what didn't like. What annoys me is the fact people don't read the tags, don't read the warnings, don't read the age disclaimers. If you are reading a drama
oriented to a mature audience with sexual abuse and incest all of that properly tagg...... 2 reply
"why didn't you answer?"
"coward"
"why did you answer?"
"you look like a fool"
I wish I never thought like this..I wish I could do things instead of just siting and wishing for it to happen. reply
I don’t know about the ‘all opinions are valid’ one, fam, cause I’ve literally had an mf tell me that “not all rape is bad” in the context of sexual coercion. All opinions should be *considered* and properly discussed, but they’re definitely not all valid, especially when it comes to this topic. 1 reply
