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since we’re having these discussions, since we’re still denying it, let me tell you all a little story about how fiction affected my reality
since we’re having these discussions, since we’re still denying it, let me tell you all a little story about how fiction affected my reality
about a year ago, I met someone via discord, I can’t remember what chat because he was in more than one with me. But I was 17, on the cusp of turning 18. at first, our interactions were friendly enough. online it’s super easy to just give love to strangers-
He was affectionate, but I had many friends that were like that. He was 30, a bigger name amidst the fic writing community and I found myself in a situation where I idolized him. he was super interested in my writing and in hindsight, it’s easy to see how he could exploit this
the jokes started in a bigger chat. we would joke about how im almost 18 so I could finally legally talk about nsfw topics. It was genuinely a joke at first and then there was a point where he was like “god I can’t wait until October god I can’t wait god”
He was accepted into an rp group with me (i actually invited him) and then we started dm’ing and that’s where it got bad
he would say things to me like “god I cant wait to have fun with you” and then he dipped into nsfw topics, even calling me a “little wh*re” at one point. I once sent a selfie into the rp chat and he made an oddly sexual comment
then he insisted on indulging me. he praised my writing and praised me and then started sending me his smut drafts. And I felt cool and mature because this adult was trusting me. at one point I told him where I live because I was convinced I could trust him
I am FOREVER grateful I had adult friends in this chat who respected me enough to pull me aside and ask me about it. the recognized what he was doing and stepped in before things could get bad.
Whenever I see posts that are like “fiction doesn’t equal reality!!!!” I am instantly taken back to that situation where an adult man used fiction to manipulate me. I get that there are good people who have weird indulgences, but I believe this man has saturated himself-
so much in his fictional indulgences, he thought this was okay. it wasn’t. He was grooming me and had my friends not stepped in, I don’t even want to think about where it could’ve gone
So please just be mindful of the impact your creations make on real people. it may not be something you condone, but you don’t know who is looking at your content and thinking “this is fine. this is okay” that’s why we stand up against harmful art
not to be the fun police, not to be some purist or whatever, but to protect vulnerable kids. thank you, that is all.
sorry I keep putting this back on everyone’s tl’s ill probably mute after this but I just want to say thank you for giving me a place to be able to talk about it. it’s been an issue that has so closely affected my life and it was. Therapeutic to let it out.
