Alright, this is my first official post. Blows dust off of my blog.
I want to start strong by giving my honest opinions on Freakycare as it stands, and the situation that follows it. Let it be known that I have been a lurker of Sparklecare content for years, and have seen a good amount of the controversy surrounding this comic. My opinions have not been influenced by anyone in particular and are completely my own thoughts from a bystanderβs perspective.
To put it bluntly, Freakycare is an absolute nightmare.
As a victim of incest and CSA, this comic is a poorly disguised fetish comic that attempts to normalize disgusting behavior, under the thin veils of it being a βgood coping mechanism.β
As a soon-to-be therapist, I can almost guarantee that Kittycornβs therapist is not receiving the full, unbiased story, as no licensed therapist would agree with sexualizing your trauma publicly, especially when others who condone this behavior are involved. Incest-related intrusive thoughts are a real issue, yet how you deal with them is where the problem lies.
Publicizing it for others to glorify? Sexualizing it? Treating it as a normal sexuality? Bad thing. Not a positive coping mechanism, no therapist should agree with this, and that is very likely what Kittycorn is not mentioning to her doctor.
What is recommended would be to privately (meaning between yourself and those who do not βgas you upβ) express this content, whilst not sexualizing it and understanding the real consequences it has on real people, using it as a way to take control of your trauma. Actively feeding yourself βhorny incest contentβ (in quotations, because Kittycorn claims it is not a fetish) does not help you recover and only places yourself in that situation over and over. Not to mention Kittycornβs history of responding poorly to actual criticism, but I digress.
Some may make the argument that βIt is just a drawing.β
If it is just a drawing, then why do you use it as a coping mechanism? Art 100% has the possibility to invoke emotions or trauma responses in others, so this is not a plausible defense. This defense is used to shield yourself of criticism by undermining the psychological effects artwork has, thatβs what this is.
Here is a link to the negative effects of incest, a short but informative read on the real world effects of incest, if you believe that incest is okay under the guise of βconsensual relationshipsβ: https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/persisting-negative-effects-incest
Kittycorn claims she is against real world incest, but as evident by her pronouns.page, this is a dubious claim.
Claiming that an attraction to βfound familyβ is a sexuality is quite daunting, meaning there is some form of underlying incestual urges to be acted on, regardless of if they are blood relatives. This is equivalent to step-sibling fetishization. The genetic repercussions are not the entire issue, it is the psychological aspect and abusive effects it has on one person that makes it immoral. The βlittlesistergenderβ is concerning on its own, given the context of Kneebyβs actions.
My opinions come from a scientific perspective on the issue with studies from PHD certified psychologists to back up this information, and my experience as a psychology student.
Incest is wrong, fictional or otherwise.
