kkyonki

The Sohma’s: *enjoying the beach*

Listen. Here’s the thing. I think a lot of people who speak up about different aspects of fruits basket (thinking specifically of the pedophilic relationships) get hit with “fiction is allowed to explore dark themes and doesn’t have to be pure all the time” which is actually fair. Fiction is allowed to explore dark themes. That’s what it’s for. That’s how we get social commentary in literature, which is vital to understanding the world. But there comes a point where the author is no longer making commentary. There comes a point, after the fourth* romanticized pedophilic relationship, where it is no longer saying anything except “I think that adult men should date underage girls”. And that’s where I no longer respect the commentary that is being made. That’s a pattern, and it’s normalization, and it did very badly mess up my perception of healthy relationships when I was 13 and impressionable and so in love with this story. I still love Fruits Basket for its portrayals of abusive and forgiveness and breaking away from toxicity and cult-like situations. I love it for its perceptions into mental illness and recovery and trauma and pain. But I hate it, equally as much, for the rampant pedophilia. Thank you.

No one:

Any Sohma except Kisa: does something embarassing

“Just my belief” says the author.

"She didn't take up all of my pain. She didn't fill in all the brokenness. But those..weren't important. The most important thing was that she stayed with me."