#i am prone to depression so things like suicide and self harm are disturbing to me.

I'd agree that pro-ship people brush off issues with propaganda and glorification of questionable things in fiction, but I also think people have a hard time realizing that stories exist in context and it is very important to realize

E.g. if I go to the cinema to watch a pg-13 film and in the middle of it I see graphic depiction of suicide I will be like .... excuse me? This is inappropriate

But if I go to the same cinema to watch a psychological thriller, rated 21+ and see the same thing I'd be like.... yeah, it fits the label

Now, let's imagine a story that depicts drunk sex where one of the parties clearly cannot consent

If I am reading a romcom webcomics available to teens and younger, and it is treated as hehe funny or even something that pushes the relationship forward, I'd be like .... sir, that was a bad choice won't lie

But if I open ao3 and there's a story tagged noncon and rated E, I wouldn't even care if the characters are all friendly after that. This is porn. I am reading porn. I do not expect porn to be realistic or an example

Like, so many fiction is just labeled inappropriately and put in the wrong context because idk producers wanted more money. Like, I think LO should have been marketed as a fetish piece instead of feminist retelling because that is what it is. And if you want to write about your fetish, that is ok. But you should be judged depending on the context in which your book is released. And if your work is marketed as feminist, it should be judged as feminist

And honestly. Do not take your education from fictional books. You must be a freaking idiot to do that

#there should be like a nuanced discussion which is not either 'everything should be allowed always' and #'this glorifies rape let's burn the book'#i think fiction can affect you badly. it happened to me. it wasn't porn on ao3 though #i am prone to depression so things like suicide and self harm are disturbing to me.#you know what else disturbs me? sad endings. it can really make me spiral #does it mean we shouldn't allow sad endings? i wish there was a compromise where i don't feel bad and others don't feel restricted #if all i read is sexist romance comics where all what girls want is marriage and kids I start doubting my life #but then isn't it my fault for always picking up the same kind of story? what am I #an idiot?#if the story shows something in positive light does it necessarily propagates it or do you need to start using your brain #and you know the culture and political situation in your country is the context too #sometimes it is ok for story to exist. maybe just not at that very moment