#tfw twitter has a character limit and here doesnt

[lovestruckbear]

im gonna talk about a thing that i say on twitter half the time and honestly im slightly nervous bc whatever anyone says/does on tumblr, they just fuckin get yelled at by a massive mob that tell u to go kil urself like jfc

this mostly centered around fan content bc actual movies dont get the same shit yall are giving fic writers (i guess artists as well but ive never seen it, but im sure it does happen)

so like ive seen a lot of u ppl yell at fanfic writers whenever they write stuff that isnt fluff, or “pure”

dont get me wrong, im a fan of cute, romantic shit, i draw it all the time. + sometimes we need a breather and read some good wholesome content from whatever reality we’re facing

HOWEVER, when someone writes something thats complicated, it gets a lot of shit. Like... i guess mostly smut fics, but even if its not smut. like ive seen some of my friends get yelled at for writing smoking in their fic... fuckin smoking. thats it. mostly getting told “kids are gonna think this is ok to do” like ?? and the fic involves the person QUITTING smoking, the content is showing its NOT okay to do, and they would know that if they read it.

this comes to 2nd point. fanfic authors put tags on their work for people to avoid them, right ? however, i feel like people just see the tags, dont look at the content and go “this is fucked up” like YEAH ok it is but if you READ the content, you would know its not what u think ? sometimes it is tho, but i think it depends on the fandom ?

and i know smut fics are a more sensitive issue, i get that. and sometimes if a fic involves non-con or domestic abuse, i also get why you would be like “!!!! ⚠ ⚠ ⚠ ⚠!!!”

and in all honestly ive read some of these fics and lemme tell you, it is not exactly how you guys think it is. maybe some of them, yeah, but most of them are just. its showing through the eyes of the victim and how shitty it is to put that much pain and suffering on that person, like its fucked up. definitely NOT showing readers that its ok to do, and if a reader does take it like that then they’re pretty fucked up ngl (an example, when i watched ‘blue is the warmest colour’ that relationship is mega fucked up and its obvious it is but ppl romanticize it and its like... ohh... oh jeez.. ur not getting it)

or, like, even if its sweet consensual sex between 2, 3 people in a relationship with each other but involves kinky shit like bdsm, they still get shit for it ? like ?? i just dont get it ? OR EVEN, like, i know ive been told “futanari” is not a good term to use, but if the fic does involve it (mind you, most of them are written by trans women), authors fuckin get yelled at for “sexualising trans women” ? bruh they just want relateable content ?? theres even less of trans men smut fics, like trans ppl want nsfw content they can enjoy where the characters arent cis ? that would be fantastic. (i have read some fic where the author obviously didnt seem like they know what a trans/intersex person is, and thats obviously the type of author u guys wanna educate about. not yell at. educate. and if theyre refusing to learn then ??? idk)

IDK man, if you feel something i’ve said isnt right, please, like, tell me. discuss with me so i can have a better understanding, my tumblr chat thing is open for everyone. but pleae try and not keep it black and white tho ? yeah smoking, rape, domestic violence, etc. are all bad. i know they’re bad, everyone knows they’re bad. but be sure the content doesnt glamorize it before u get into one

#this came out way longer than intended #tfw twitter has a character limit and here doesnt #im just tired of ppl yelling at my friends and being accused of stuff theyre not rly doing ?