Anxious but I guess I'm getting kind of tired of asking myself who will stay and who won't. So I think I'll share my view on "problematic" fic and art. If you'd rather block me after reading this, I'll understand. If you want to have a friendly talk about it, hop into dms.

I used to moralize fiction a lot. I've changed my mind since then. Now I treat writing like role-playing. It's an emotional exploration of different scenarios and events. If I'd be okay with someone role-playing that scenario, I'm okay with them writing it.

This isn't limited to sexual scenarios. For example, I could role-play an evil character in an RPG and... idk, kill the possessed kid in Dragon Age instead of saving him. But I'll focus a bit on sexual scenarios because those seem to be the most controversial.

(If you take issue with consensual kink practiced safely between adults, regardless of terms used and scenarios played - not a personal discomfort, but a kink-critical type thing - feel free to block me now. Unless you're on the fence and want to dm me about it.)

Actual irl doctor/patient - lots of ethical issues.
Doctor/patient role-play with a partner - one filter, removing it from reality. Harmless.
Fictional doctor/patient where the characters actually are a doctor and a patient - also one filter, removing it from reality. Harmless.

If I write role-playing characters, that's two filters: the writing and the role-playing. Using both filters can be fun and add a comfort of distance if you need that sort of thing, but one is enough to make it harmless.

That's why I don't care if someone writes non-con. It's like role-playing consensual non-consent. If they write teacher/student, it's like role-playing the same.
As long as it's tagged properly and I can avoid it if I want to.

I know the arguments against this, I used to use them, but they honestly seem like a copy-paste of "video games make people violent."
A person writing something problematic doesn't condone it any more than kinksters who play slave/master situations condone actual sex slavery.

And just like with kink, I don't think it's helpful or positive to require a person have a background of trauma for them to be allowed to write/play the scenario they want to explore.

Human sexuality is complicated. I have a fic I want to write that centers around fear as the main kink. If I had the opportunity to live through the scenarios I write in it, I'd run in the other direction without looking back.

I have friends who like exploring CGL and I support them from a safe distance that allows me to avoid the way this kink triggers me, because I know my friends don't actually condone the type of harm that was done to me just because of the kinks they play around with.

Not all writing is meant to be instructional. We can enjoy royalty fiction and know that royalty is a reprehensible concept in real life. We can enjoy coffeeshop AUs and know that hitting on a barista is harassment in real life. This disconnect can exist in all kinds of fiction.

Aside from my personal squicks and triggers, I do have lines that I take issue with. Things like bigoted stereotypes being perpetuated, or like whitewashed characters in art.

Those need to change, and they can. "Bashing the canon love interest and making her evil to remove her and make place for the m/m ship" used to be a common misogynistic trope, and we don't really see it anymore. Fandom grew from there. And I think it will keep growing.

That's basically it, but one thing I forgot to mention:
If you decide you don't want me interacting with you anymore but you'd rather not block, you can let me know so I can respect your boundaries and keep away. I don't recognize soft blocks, I assume I accidentally unfollowed.

My phone has a faulty touch screen that's a mess to use and I frequently unfollow people without meaning to. I likely will assume a soft block was just that, and in that case I'll likely follow again.
You can also just block. Your boundaries, your call.