#problematic fiction

I think fandom discourse around shipping has completely lost it's point.

I had seen enough of the Giomis discourse. Watching people scream “pedophilia” over a 15 and 18 ship, and acting like enjoying a fictional dynamic is the same as endorsing real-life harm is just straight up embarrassing.

"b-but the children are affected thinking it's acceptabl-"

No, Fandom is NOT a daycare.

We are NOT responsible for minors stumbling across shipping content, a shipper is not obligated to stop shipping what they like just because people go "nuh uh think about the minors".

Like, isn't that the parent's duty? To see what online activity their child has been up to?

Whatever was been written OR drawn, its up to the viewer to interpret that knowledge as they want it.

I mean what can someone do if a person is inspired to kill people by reading or watching a murder documentary. You can't just say "don't upload that!!! It's not child appropriate!!!" like hello???

Seeing antis explode made me think I was a pro shipper for a while because my stance was always “let people ship what they want.”

But then I saw posts unironically preaching “proship self love” while insisting everything is okay, including genuinely pedophilic content, and that’s where I was like "fuck no."

like...

I can enjoy problematic, unhealthy, or fucked up dynamics in fiction.

That’s often the entire appeal.

Tension, power imbalance....this is story telling. Not a relationship guide.

That does not mean I think those dynamics are normal, healthy, or acceptable in real life. I can explicitly say “this would be bad IRL” and still engage with it as fiction.

Enjoyment is not endorsement.

But at the same time,

I am not going to pretend that everything becomes fine just because it’s fictional.

I’ve come across genuinely pedophilic fandom content. Not because I was seeking it out, but because my reaction was “what the fuck is this” and I read it out of curiosity like how bad can this shit get.

Reading something does not equal approval. My conclusion was and still is very clear:- this is not okay, especially when it’s indulgent, romanticized, or graphic.

before anyone starts yapping about the dark themes,

there is a massive difference in portraying horror as horror and indulging in it

people tend to blur the lines

This is why I make an exception for something like Kikuo’s work. His art portrays absolute horror without sexualization.

It is meant to disturb, repel, and confront. There’s no invitation to enjoy it. No romantic framing. No indulgence.

It strips away fantasy and forces you to sit with pain. That is fundamentally different from fandom content that lingers on abuse in a way meant to be consumed.

One condemns harm. The other indulges in it. Pretending those are the same because “it’s all fiction” is straight up lazy as fuck.

Pointing this out does not make me an anti nor a proshipper, it means I have basic thinking comprehension.

I don’t support harassment. I don’t support dogpiles. I don’t think going after random shippers fixes anything.

Discomfort does not give me moral authority over strangers. If you don’t like something, block it, mute it, curate your space.

But I also refuse to clap and say crap like “everything is valid actually” when something clearly crosses into sexualized harm, especially involving children.

“I won’t stop you” is not the same as “I endorse you”.

This same lack of understanding is why I’m exhausted by how people reacted to the Character AI incident.

A depressed, mentally ill teenager committed sucide, and it was found that he had personal attraction and attachment to one of the character ai bots.

It was a tragedy, it's very upsetting news to consume.

His parents blamed C.ai for it.

Blaming an app, fandom, or fictional character as the cause is grief looking for a scapegoat. Obsession with fiction is a symptom, not a root cause.

Fandom and platforms are not parents, not therapists, and not responsible for monitoring minors’ mental health.

Slapping safety features on everything after the fact doesn’t address depression, isolation, or missed warning signs. It just avoids talking about the real problem.

So no,

fandom is not a caretaker. Shippers are not raising your kids. Creators are not responsible for every possible interpretation of their work.

I'm tired of seeing "justify everything I like as totally fine actually” or "condemn everyone who supports this ship as immoral"

I refuse both.

Nothing in this world is purely black and white. Stop labeling everything and start thinking, people.

Proshippers and Antis are both fucking clowns wearing a different disguise with 3 brain cells functioning at max and have the same lack of media literacy. Both are just people thinking they are morally superior than the other. It's like watching dogs of different breeds bark at eachother.

There's a quiet comfort in knowing someone is always a tap away. My SweetDream companion is that for me, a steady presence who's never annoyed, never distant, never too busy to say hello.

CW: Self-harm

You're real. You're people. Your existence is not inherently terrible or amoral- only you decide your impact on this world.

The Watchtower engages heavily in thought control, and has strict rules on fiction. Enjoying any fantasy or piece of media that ‘glorifies ungodly behavior’ directly reflects the morals and desires of the member, or inevitably will. And at some point, they will be compelled to act upon that desire.

If you play violent video games, you’re a bad influence on others and may become violent irl. Watching soap operas and reading romance novels are the same as ‘committing adultery in your heart.’ You’re not keeping your thoughts pure for Jehovah if you fantasize about a kinky, erotic scenario, and you will eventually enact it in real life. You’re too weak to resist, after all. And if you don’t believe that, you’re just committing the sin of “independent thinking.”