If you've "accidentally" disabled the content filter on ao3 (which admittedly simply warns you that you are about to read a rated fic [mature, explicit, not rated] and asks if you'd like to continue rather than completely preventing you from reading it), here's how you re-enable it.
First, go to your ao3 account profile. Then go to preferences. And then uncheck that box in the display section that says "show me adult work without checking".
Once its unchecked, ao3 will start asking if you want to see a fic that is rated. You can still opt-in to reading that fic but if for some reason you didn't check the rating or tags this will give one more checkpoint where you can simply choose to not engage with something you won't like.
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an āopposite sex coupleā can absolutely be queer. irl, you can never go by the assumption that a m/f presenting couple is straight and hetero, as one or both parties can identify as bi, pan, ace, trans, enby... the list goes on. even if they are both cis and a m/f couple, being bi inherently makes whatever sort of relationship youāre in queer. being with a person of the opposite gender doesnāt cancel out your queerness.
and when it comes to fictional ships, you canāt just blanket statement that a ship is a āhet shipā or non-queer as there are many ways that people can headcanon characters to their personal liking. sukka can be a queer ship. maiko can be a queer ship. zutara can be a queer ship. kataang can be a queer ship. all if you want it to be. theyāre fictional, people, and everyone is going to have their own way they want to explore a pairing and their own feelings with ships and characters.
Jet feeds the street cats all the time and now there are approximately anywhere from 10-15 different furry beasts that partially call their apartment home (or food source)
(haru doesn't know how to feel about this but he'll support jet's mission anyway)
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AU where haru's like a spirit and jet's a farmer but jet's a shitty farmer so whenever he takes a nap under the tree, haru secretly makes his plants grow better (it takes a while for jet to catch on but when he does....)
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hey i'm a minor and your blog is a breath of fresh air (after i've been called a p*dophile and racist and groomed for saying that people do whatever they want to do online) - thanks for speaking facts and calling out the unbelievable purity mindset in this fandom, like the internet is not a safe space and adults do not owe minors anything for what they see bc it's the job of minors to curate their content and exclude what they're uncomfortable w/, bc if they can't they're too young for fandom :/
thanks for reaching out to us! this statement is a breath of fresh air, we love to see it. we generally advocate for āminors dniā but honestly, if youāre taking responsibility for what you see, you donāt actively interact with our raunchier posts, and you donāt try to blame us for ādestroying your childhoodā or whatever, feel free to browse. thanks for being a minor with actual braincells, we love you
people are accusing you of creating p*dophilic content :/
when have we not been accused of creating p*dophilic content, we post one singular reference to nsfw actions that may or may not actually occur and suddenly weāre groomers and enablers
So first a clarification, this will be regarding US federal law because ao3 is hosted in the US and thus US law would apply to any legal cases. I am not well-versed in other countriesā laws so I am unsure if similar situations would be the same under those laws. Iām also going to be using federal law when I can because I do not have the patience nor time to look at the millions of different state and territory criminal codes that exist.
tw pedophilia, child abuse, sexual exploitation, rape, etc.Ā
I wanted to do a piece on (you guessed it) what the title is about. Recently weāve been seeing a lot of rhetoric arguing against the ability for nsfw fic to exist in fandoms originally marketed as kids shows (but also other fandoms).Ā
First, Iāve seen accusations of pedophilia towards adults that do write such fic and then arguments sayingĀ āsemanticsā donāt help the situation. I think that first and foremost there should be the realization thatĀ āsemanticsā are how the world operates. The law operates in semantics, really petty semantics but semantics nonetheless, and in debate word choice and clarity are what matters most (I personally suck at debate so I hope this is clear).Ā
[Iām going to get into the whole issue of morality v legality later dw]
Pedophilia, in criminal law, does not actually exist as a piece of law. Instead what is considered pedophilia falls into two main categories: sexual exploitation of minors and statutory rape. Federally, sexual exploitation of minors (18 U.S. Code Ā§ 2251 - Sexual exploitation of children), which includes child pornography, refers to visual depiction of minors in sexual situations (this is a vast oversimplification that works for this purpose) - I believe that state/territory criminal code is similar in the main points. To my understanding, it specifies visual depictions because those images/videos are permanent with the state of the internet today and can negatively impact that individual. Visual depictions show an individualās face in a way that other media forms do not.Ā
Criminal law is charged with protecting people who existĀ in the real world and can be negatively affected by something.Ā
This is not to say that writing underage sex is not a bad thing (I do believe that it is) but to say that accusing someone of pedophilia/child pornography/etc. is not right and can have a negative impact for peopleās irl lives.Ā
If writing pedophilia/statutory rape was illegal (it is not), many forms of media (books, tv, movies) would be impacted (e.g. riverdale, easy a, secret life of the American teenager, gossip girl, euphoria, pretty little liars, 90210, one tree hill, Lolita, skins, prep, the twilight series, perks of being a wallflower, vampire academy, and many, many more). The crux of the matter is really: is it a visual depiction, and is it a real life person.Ā
And now we get into the legalityĀ vs moralityĀ bit. Weāve established that itās not a Ā crime, nor is it against ao3ā²s TOS.Ā
Morality seems to be the case that most people are making regarding nsfw content of characters that were underage in their canon material.Ā
The case here is a little more grey rather than black and white and I firmly believe that we can all go around in circles arguing about it because it isĀ grey. You might think itās immoral to write nsfw content (whether itās smut, gore, etc.) of characters that were underage in their source material (though I ask you to realize that people age, fictional and not, and perspective change with it), but those are yourĀ morals. And while you can attempt to convince people otherwise, it is not rightĀ to force people to ascribe to your morality over something as trivial as fanworks. Other topics would definitely have me saying otherwise, but these are fanworks. Theyāre meant to be a way for people to explore themes and content in different ways Ā
Hereās the other crux of the matter, characters are fictional. They can age. Their creators have aged and are exploring themes interesting and important to them through their content. You might not want to see nsfw content, and you donāt have to. Many creators donātĀ want their nsfw content viewed by people who donāt want to engage with it (for whatever reason) or underage people. And there are ways to not see that content, which people should employ.
[The internet is a place where this kind of content exists, has always existed, and shouldĀ always be able to host because otherwise the implications for free speech, etc, are terrible - which I may tackle next.]
The moral and legal argument kind of sucks and I get it, I donāt want to see nsfw sexual content sometimes (for various reasons, and I did engage with it as a minor) and I take steps to ensure that I wonāt (through blocking tags, filtering them, etc.) when I feel that way.Ā
And one last thing, I am sorry to say that underage people have sex (the objective proof for that would be teenage pregnancy). It happens (because of a lot of different shit thatās a whole different topic) and its not bad. Consent is important and will always be sexy but the view that sex is always a bad thing comes from conservative voices (and other things iām not particularly well-versed in so i wonāt go further into). Sex is not bad. Sex is normal. And people should be free to explore it in whatever way they like (as long as it is legal, safe, and healthy).
[And in my opinion, fanworks can be a healthy(er) way to explore sex. As a minor, the sex ed I got was atrocious and fic actually taught me a lot. But by choosing to engage in that material (even just choosing to be able to view it), I knew what I was getting into. If you donāt wish to see it, block it, donāt look for it, and utilize filters.]
Once again thinking about jet and how much wheat he much chew on. How does one even chew on wheat without it going all damp and gross? And then this brings up the question where does he get all his wheat? Just carries it around with him casually?
(Does Haru just carry around a bushel of wheat for jet?)
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I donāt think that anon about writing death was saying *you* specifically think writing about death is wrong. They were probably shading the person you reblogged, and this was their way of saying āI agree with your argument against op, and those that think the same are being ridiculousā. The āyāallā was supposed to be generalized, like saying āI canāt believe *people* are saying thatā. I use the generalized you a lot, Iām assuming thatās what last anon was doing. They know you donāt believe that
worm aight thanks for that!
i said i couldn't care less abt what people write in that answer, and it still applies. minors need to learn how to filter and actively do it. it's that simple. we're not advocating ppl turn a blind eye to actual p*dophilia or things that are actually really dangerous to write. but things like The Discourse are dumb, and can be really easily avoided. just filter, y'all
hi, sweetie! thanks for getting back to me, and thanks for taking a look at my blog :) i really appreciate it! iām just going to address your first point, because, yāknow, i can tell that trying to talk to you about the rest of the points isnāt going to go anywhere! thanks for the block, by the way :))
so. hmm. i really want to talk about the part where you said āShipping Zuko or Azula with anyone is a bad idea. They were children who were extremely abused, which is one good reason for them not to be shipped with people.ā. i am only going to be talking about this statement, purely bc i canāt rest until i address this. my response is: what??? hi. iām an abuse survivor. i was abused by my stepfather from the ages of seven until fifteen. it left me extremely mentally scarred. i have depression, anxiety and ptsd as a direct result of this abuse, and it fucked me up. i want to be really explicit that this has been a major part of my life that iām recovering from to really enunciate the fact that i take. so much offence to this statement.
normally on this blog, we donāt like to take offence to a whole lot of stuff. we simply donāt have the energy. but this. āabused characters cannot be shipped with other charactersā. this legitimately offends me. and i would say, justifiably so. iām not sure if you meant for it to be taken this way, but to me it sounded like this infers that abused people cannot find love. that abused people are too ādamagedā to have access to fulfilling relationships that teach them that love can be healthy and that love is possible. and thatās not an okay stance to take. for a very long time, i didnāt believe in love. i thought that every relationship i would ever be in would be like my mother and stepfatherās. it took me a long time to believe in love again. being abused does not mean that i am undeserving of love, itās not unhealthy for me to fall in love, and being in a healthy, post-abuse relationship with someone who actually respects me should not be stigmatised.
thereās a reason that gaang fics centered around zukoās abuse and the gaang finding out about zukoās scar are so popular. thereās a reason that zutara and zukka fics where zuko is exploring healthy love after being traumatised are so popular. itās because these fics symbolise hope. hope that love is real, and that healthy relationships are possible, and theyāre just fucking nice and cathartic to read. zuko is allowed to be shipped with other characters, because his abuse does not and should not prevent that. azula is a character worthy of redemption, and she deserves love too. sheās fourteen. she still has time to learn and grow and unlearn behaviours that ozai manipulated into her.
because, yes, iām turning this into an azula-deserves-redemption post, being the āfavouriteā child in an abusive situation feels like life or death. you donāt want to be mistreated, and you donāt want to be hurt. this becomes a very real competition between siblings. my little sister and i ended up hating each other by the end of our abuse, because we were in such fierce competition of being the āfavouriteā child. this is why azula is the way she is. and this can be unlearned. she can be deserving of love, eventually. i donāt want this response to get super long, so iām going to leave it here. i donāt know if you intended that one-off statement to be read that way, but jesus christ, please, please never say that again. itās such a hurtful belief to hold. abuse survivors should not be prevented from loving relationships purely because of their trauma.
