Well, it very much wasn't what I'm talking about. But I'll engage.
Yeah, I wasn't trying to say it was, I just kinda went into a separate topic. (And I hope that was okay? I sometimes have trouble gauging conversational posts from rants, if that makes sense.)
I once had to deal with a loli author who didn't seem to understand that it would be wrong in the real world. She was all-around a creepy, unpleasant person with no sense of boundaries.
That definitely happens.
But I've also been in fandom a long time and read what a lot of authors have to say about their work, many of whom claim not to be attracted to children in real life. I believe most of them. One of the major themes is that childhood embodies a lot of things that they want to write about, like innocence and helplessness. It's not a literal desire for a child but a more metaphorical desire.
Okay, I can understand that a bit better.
Fandom has also traditionally been a space have been free to express their sexual fantasies.
And see, I think that may be the other issue here. As I was introduced to fandom, it was purely about exploring the universe. So when I found fics that were more about darker fantasies, it was confusing, because in my scope of fandom that was almost like saying "I think this could totally happen in canon, btw." I soon realized that wasn't the case, but truth be told I never really got used to that side of fandom. I tend to still stay in the more discussion-oriented corners, and read fic that focuses less on kinks. That could be the problem some tumblrites have, but I think they take it too many levels too far by really policing things.
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Date: 2019-07-02 01:13 pm (UTC)Well, it very much wasn't what I'm talking about. But I'll engage.
Yeah, I wasn't trying to say it was, I just kinda went into a separate topic. (And I hope that was okay? I sometimes have trouble gauging conversational posts from rants, if that makes sense.)
I once had to deal with a loli author who didn't seem to understand that it would be wrong in the real world. She was all-around a creepy, unpleasant person with no sense of boundaries.
That definitely happens.
But I've also been in fandom a long time and read what a lot of authors have to say about their work, many of whom claim not to be attracted to children in real life. I believe most of them. One of the major themes is that childhood embodies a lot of things that they want to write about, like innocence and helplessness. It's not a literal desire for a child but a more metaphorical desire.
Okay, I can understand that a bit better.
Fandom has also traditionally been a space have been free to express their sexual fantasies.
And see, I think that may be the other issue here. As I was introduced to fandom, it was purely about exploring the universe. So when I found fics that were more about darker fantasies, it was confusing, because in my scope of fandom that was almost like saying "I think this could totally happen in canon, btw." I soon realized that wasn't the case, but truth be told I never really got used to that side of fandom. I tend to still stay in the more discussion-oriented corners, and read fic that focuses less on kinks. That could be the problem some tumblrites have, but I think they take it too many levels too far by really policing things.