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eh, hate to say it, but your ask sounds like rage bait… but I will still answer this publicly, because it’s not just about you.

first of all: a big NOPE from me, lol. I’m not going to tell another adult what kind of art they’re allowed to make. I don’t police my friends, I don’t censor artists, and I’m not interested in acting as a moral middleman so someone else can feel virtuous about content they could simply choose not to engage with.

this is my stance on this: fictional violence and real-world violence are not the same thing, and pretending they are is not “being respectful to victims.” horror art, gore, and violent fiction have existed for centuries as ways to explore fear, taboo, and catharsis. creating or enjoying that kind of work is not an endorsement of real harm, suggesting otherwise is a misunderstanding of both art and ethics. invoking “real victims” in this context is especially disingenuous. survivors are harmed by actual violence, not by someone drawing fictional blood. using real suffering as a moral shield to shame artists you don’t like doesn’t protect anyone; it turns victims into props in an argument about personal taste. it also flattens real trauma into an abstract talking point and (what I absolutely hate seeing online) implies that survivors are so fragile that the mere existence of horror art is an offense, which is not only untrue, but patronizing. many survivors consume horror. many don’t. neither group needs strangers speaking “on their behalf” to police unrelated artists.

you have the right to unfollow Blastic if you don't enjoy her content. curating your own online experience is your responsibility. demanding that others change, or that I pressure my friends to change, is not advocacy, it’s entitlement dressed up as concern.

so to be very clear for anyone else reading this: I’m not interested in puritanical, pro-censorship discourse on this blog. I don’t believe art needs to be “sanitized” to be valid, and I don’t entertain moral panic disguised as empathy. if that’s a problem for you, this is probably not the space you want to be in :)

thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk about this tho~

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It makes me wonder if recent staff cutbacks caused someone to decide to turn more content analysis/flagging over to AI but didn't take the time first to make sure it's accurate?