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Policing what people are allowed to create or enjoy in fiction is a moral and intellectual dead end. Art that makes you uncomfortable is allowed to exist, full stop. I can only hope these fandom police grow out of their current myopia
We're watching a lot of young people trying to figure out their relationship with art in real time, armed with the absolute moral certainty of youth. And it's certainly important to find social spaces where you feel comfortable!
But when that process results in artists or fans being attacked for crimes against fictional characters, or people growing up thinking "art that makes me uncomfortable shouldn't exist," we have a serious problem
Art has the right to challenge - heck, art has the right to simply indulge. Though art obviously impacts culture, seeking only "morally pure" art is a road to no art at all, or a strict diet of sanitized, feel-good crap
The best art is often thorny and painful, ambiguous and haunting, unapologetically messy and savagely personal. It does not speak as if addressing a child; it demands we rise to meet it
Art is bound to be messy, because art is reflective of its creators, and people are messy. That's what's so interesting about it! Each work reflects a different perspective, and each life experience is different
If you're seeking a morally spotless mono-perspective, you're not seeking art at all. And even if you find what you're looking for, you might soon realize that your idea of "morally spotless" isn't actually a universal constant
