Call me Zia

sometimes I’m reminded that there are still people who don’t know ao3 was literally created by incest shippers — and the site’s sole purpose is to 1. be completely against censorship and 2. host all kinds of dark, taboo fics that are banned on other platforms — and the first ever fic that was posted on ao3 was a fic about an incest ship from supernatural.

you are in the house that was created by freaks. for freaks (affectionate). every disgusting thing you can think of is rightfully allowed and welcomed on ao3, because they are exactly the reasons why ao3 was created in the first place.

ao3 was created because its creators got tired of censorship, they got tired of dark and taboo fics getting banned on pro-censorship platforms, and they wanted a place that was safe for ALL FICS THAT WERE DARK AND TABOO.

ao3’s main principle is being against censorship and being proship / profic.

there are some things in fiction that make me uncomfortable, but instead of shaming people who are just minding their own business and not harming anyone in real life, I choose to curate my own internet experience by blocking/muting what I don’t want to see. ao3 has excellent tagging system, so instead of being a bitch, use their tagging system properly and you won’t see the things you don’t want to see.

it’s your job to curate what you see. it’s not other people’s jobs or responsibilities to censor themselves for your personal comfort. the world does not revolve around you.

also you cannot censor “only the things you personally hate” without expecting everything else, that isn’t of conservative beliefs, to be censored too. because censorship is a slippery slope and a fascist tool. I promise you there are people who think “why do tags for queer love even exist on ao3? they’re grooming children”.

if you allow the things that you hate to be censored — because someone with enough power gets to control what other people can and cannot create/consume, it will not stop at the things that you hate.

Tsukasa realized Kohaku was better than he was for the mission and made the decision almost immediately. He did one more quick test to verify, and that was a done deal. Kohaku is not quite yet who he is in combat, but she has other advantages that make her a better choice for the moon mission, and he is pleased by that.

Ryusui realized Stanley was better for the mission than he was, knew in his heart the decision was made, but then has to approach it in metaphor to Senku and pose it as a question instead of as a decision. As straightforward as Ryusui is, he just couldn't be about this. Stanley has advantages he does not have, and he is miserable about it (but strong enough to do it anyway).

And they've always been such oppositional characters in so many ways. Tsukasa has always been very anti-capitalist and owning things, and Ryusui is the Stone World's first capitalist who wants to own everything. And they have clearly come to terms with each other, and Tsukasa is not bothered once he understands Ryusui's approach, and Ryusui is not bothered because he wants Tsukasa anyway.

They made the same decision here, and went about it in such different ways, and it's a really interesting reflection of the way their characters have been the whole time. They both want everyone to have everything they need and want, and have very different ways of going about it.