I promise you if game of thrones and all those gothic literature haven't normalized incest — if slasher and horror movies haven't normalized murders or psychological torture, if hot villains haven't normalized manipulation or toxicity by now — then silly fanfiction isn't going to normalize shit.

if someone ever lets fiction affect them enough to the point they think bad things in fiction are good in-real-life because they're portrayed as such, then chances are that, with or without the fiction they consume, they are already troubled and they need help.

there are things you can worry about that are actually worrisome, but what type of fanfiction someone writes or reads is not one of those things.

you can, of course, find some things in fiction unpleasant. you can choose not to engage with fanfics that make you uncomfortable. but you have no right to tell other people what they can or can't create and/or consume. that is not your business.

Hey y'all! So I know I haven't posted much lately BUT college has been crazy. And related to that, for one of my classes I'm doing a study on the relationship between time within the greater fandom community and understanding of fanfiction-related jargon. Below I have the link to the survey which will just have three multiple choice questions relating to your relationship to fandom and then a list of 15 terms to define if you know them. 

Please reblog this or otherwise share the survey link with anyone you think might be interested so I can have as large of a sample size as possible for this. The form will be open until April 24th. 

Thank you all so much! 

(and yes, I will post the data when I get it all collected for all you fellow nerds)

Okay so heres the vibe.

[ID: A watercolor painting of Roman and Virgil. It shows Roman as a prince, and Virgil as his knight. Virgil has black hair and is in an all-black armor. Roman has long, reddish brown hair, and is wearing a red, gold and white outfit with brown boots. They are in Roman's chamber, which is draped in mostly burgundy and golden colors. Virgil is standing, about to walk away, but looking back at Roman. Roman is still sitting on his canopy bed, holding onto one of Virgil's arms, looking up at him with a pleading expression. You can see the sun setting through the tall window behind Virgil. /End ID]

My piece for the @xts-reverse-bangx! :D This was fun! It took me a long time to finish this, mostly cuz my perfectionism took over hfjfh. But at the end of the day I'm very pleased with how it turned out!

My pair was @prince-rowan-of-the-forest, so I do recommend you check their work out as well! :D