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So something we need to talk about in the pro-fiction/pro-ship space: responsibility and how to engage with and enjoy potentially problematic fictional content while being responsible around it? 1/???
Some people might not even see the ships Iâve written/liked until I took down all of my public facing fic as being âthat badâ - I ship Citan/Fei from Xenogears - 18/29 or 20/31 age gap, conflicting neurodiversities, poor boundaries, which I chose to write as loving not abuse 2/?
I also liked Sigurd/Ramsus - same age but in universe and coding wise interracial extreme power imbalance unfortunate implications until it flips in the endgame, and Bart/Billy, aged up from their beginning ages of 18/16 to a more palatable to me 20/18 post canon 3/?
Steps I personally took to mitigate harm from these stories and my Sims 4 art with them:
1) Not glorifying acts of abuse, calling out
2) Proper tags, warnings, ratings including overrating to M for anything Citan/Fei or Sigurd/Ramsus
3) âNO MINORSâ policies on my Twitter/AO3 4/??
1) Not glorifying acts of abuse, calling out
2) Proper tags, warnings, ratings including overrating to M for anything Citan/Fei or Sigurd/Ramsus
3) âNO MINORSâ policies on my Twitter/AO3 4/??
5) Disclaimers and resources provided in the notes of any fic that intensely delved into issues that needed real life correction of the fictional setting
I also will admit that there are some things I could have and should have done better so this is just listing what I did 5/???
I also will admit that there are some things I could have and should have done better so this is just listing what I did 5/???
So I am personally wondering if it would be ethically or morally allowable to begin to republish my fanfic and resume writing. And if so, how I can do that in the best way possible that reflects my interest in preventing real life harm from fictional content? 6/???
Ideas I am considering:
1) posting fic on Dreamwidth or somewhere with truly good locking capabilities
2) Requesting people read and discuss at least one Own Voices work before they read my Xenogears fics which are only OV in so far as my being gay
1) posting fic on Dreamwidth or somewhere with truly good locking capabilities
2) Requesting people read and discuss at least one Own Voices work before they read my Xenogears fics which are only OV in so far as my being gay
Iâm drawing blank on anything else I to be more responsible and respectful in these times, though, and I am open to suggestions including âstan something else,â though I donât even stan Xenogears or these ships - liking is not stanning - and have Bad Feelings re stan fandom.
And before anyone mentions writing for Voltron I already have a ship there and...well thatâs one I think is as vanillacute as gets but unfortunately half the fandom has been disinformed into being literally traumatized by it so...
