Fiction Doesnt Affect Reality Grow Up"i Do Think Some Growing Up Needs To Happen But Definitely Not On

“fiction doesn’t affect reality grow up"i do think some growing up needs to happen but definitely not on my side.

do y'all remember the movie Jaws? and how that created a mass panic and hate for sharks that’s still intense today and being fought against? that’s an example of fiction affecting reality. in the movie, sharks were the monster of a gory horror film and depicted as savage, human-eating beasts when in reality they have poor eyesight and confuse surf board fins with those of a seal. if they do take a bite, they realize we’re not their meal and swim away. that movie convinced a lot of people they want to eat us anyway, so fiction affected reality there.

when we watch a scary movie, we get scared. when we watch a sad movie, sometimes it affects us and we cry. watching funny movies make us laugh. those works of fiction affect us.

the book, Lolita, is about a middle aged man who lusts after a 12 year old girl and when he becomes her stepfather, r*pes her. how frequently do we see “lolita” as a subgenre of fiction, where childishness and youth is sexualized for the sake of a fetish? where that fetish exploits children and grooms people into thinking a minor and an adult being together is ok. it’s not a fetish, it’s pedophilia. fiction affected reality in thinking shit like that is ok to normalize.

whether you like it or not, the media we consume or the fiction we indulge ourselves in has an affect on us. we must stop condoning fiction that romanticizes r*pe, abuse, homophobia/transphobia, and pedophilia or more minors will be coerced into thinking it’s okay. it’s not okay. grow up and do something about it.

tldr: fiction Does affect reality, Jaws and Lolita being a few of my examples. stop being gross and supporting creators of toxic media, as that media affects us in many negative ways

What kind of rules are you suggesting, Larimar?

-Agate

Asks....

I think we, as mods need to put some rules on asks, anybody else think so?

larimar<3

heres ur reminder that uh

bakudeku bad

anyway i won’t be satisfied until midoriya isn’t shipped with the person who has abused him since childhood and continues to treat him like garbage anymore. as far as i’ve seen no one who ships bak/udek/u handles the abuse midoriya faced at bakugou’s hands with any grace, running the gambit of ignoring it happened entirely all the way to saying it was actually GOOD for midoriya and OK and honestly i’m just really tired. and yes, bullying is abuse you fuckers and the effect it has on victims is the same as abuse because that’s what it is

Remember that making callouts for thirteen year olds is unnecessary!

@ everyone who sees the new episode and thinks it’s bakudeku based