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Question for the "fiction doesn't affect reality" folks
What's your take on author Jaxx apologizing and cancelling their work after getting called out for romanticizing slavery in their story? How do you feel about the backlash? Was it deserved? Or would you still say the readers just couldn't separate fiction from reality, like you do with romanticized rape? I dare you to say the same thing here.
I'm not interested in hearing from people who already agree that both slavery and rape are harmful subjects to romanticize. I'm asking those who defend one but condemn the other or defend both, because I'd like to understand whether there's a consistent principle behind that stance or if it's selective outrage.
Will there ever come a day when rape BLs are actually tagged as horror, and the authors kill the rapist instead of redeeming them and making them end up with their victims?
Also, please refrain from using the overused pseudo intellectual take that "victims use rapeslop as a coping mechanism, so it's alright."
i don’t understand this kind of thread because what do you expect them to say ? they do NOT care about anything. what’s the point in trying to change their mind or to even understand why they think it’s just fiction. and god knows how many times i’ve tried to engage with ppl like this, the result is still the same.
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wow i hate that i got to invested in this and made a long reply but i'll start by saying i'm an individualist. while i get where the other side is coming from and respect their perspective, i believe in two things: absolute creative freedom for the writer, and strict responsibility for the consumer.
art is a uniquely human thing because it evokes ...... 5 reply
It's the same thing. "Don't like Don't read" it's useless to ask when they're gonna spew out the same shit and act like fiction doesn't affect reality
P.S: I actually had some hope these people would realize something after the jaxx incident but they still think with their asses and refuse to evolve from being a fucking braindead loser reply
*Ask a question to the group A*
*Got the responses from group B instead*
Like what was even the point of me making this post atp? Cause i didn't get their long ass essays explaining how it's alright or why the selective outrage in the first place? Cause i see some Hypocrites outraging on this while giving 5 stars to the heavy rapeslops like rever...... 1 reply
Well rape and slavery are bad, very bad, and what ? Should the authors be bullied for their shitty plots ? If you don't like them , don't read them. If nobody buys and reads their stories they ll naturally stop creating them. No demand - no supply.
The person's freedom to create can't be pressured ( as far as it s not against the law). 3 reply
"Fiction doesn't affect reality!" "It's just pixels on a screen!" "Block and scroll!" Until it's their turn to follow what they preach. They're big pussies; they love acting like they're though or whatever bc they read pedophilia, rape and racism but God forbid they get 10 comments of hate cause they have a meltdown reply
Great question and yeah they are NOT the same thing at all.
Dark themes like violence, gore, murder, abuse, even depictions of rape in stories, games like GTA, series like Game of Thrones, or dark BL? These are just dark fiction, dramatic devices, plot conflict. They don’t target and harms real people. Its just fiction. Like if we argue about...... 5 reply
heres my take
i myself am slavic and as everyone knows germanic white supremacists (especially hitler) hunted us for sport and for ex is sb made a manhwa of a nazi and a slavic person falling in love itd also be very insensitive and i can emphasize with black people on how it feels to get some shit like this made about your enslavement and turned ...... 1 reply
