Because I'm Seeing A Lot Of Vile Accusations And Guilt Tripping Thrown Around Lately, I Feel The Need

Because I'm seeing a lot of vile accusations and guilt tripping thrown around lately, I feel the need to reiterate:

Its okay to need a break or a space away from real life events and real life horrors.

Yes. Its okay if you don't reblog that death count post to your Marvel fanblog. Yes, its okay if you need to turn your phone off for the day so you're not staring at horrific headlines. Yes, its okay to not join in a conversation or to move away from a conversation if you need to.

Needing to appropriately manage your mental wellbeing is not the same as being wilfully ignorant or uncaring.

Because pornography is still plot. Plot is merely the actual storytelling part of writing something. Plot is what happens within the story.

If my plot is the fact that my fourteen year old character rides my fifty year old character (hello, Starker) off into the sunset like the Lone Ranger's Silver, then that is the plot of my story.

What matters is that in real life, if I discovered a fourteen year old was sexually involved with a fifty year old, I would call the police.

Because one is fictional and one isn't. And we're capable of separating the fact that something that's enjoyable in concept isn't necessarily enjoyable (or morally sound) in reality.

imo theres a HUGE difference between writing incest and pedophilia as part of a story's plot and writing incest csa erotica, but coincidentally proshippers always seem to cite well known and popular stories that fall into the first category as reasons to be proship while they themselves always seem to write and indulge in the second category. why are those two things assumed to be comparable at all. theyre really not.

You are reblogging a proshipper's post from a proshipper.

Your definitions and explanations are bias and outright incorrect in some places.

You'd rather side with antis? Antis who spread around child porn and rape videos and graphic depictions of animal abuse, including actively tagging a victim in her own rape tape and trying to send it to her family and employers? Antis who have actively threatened to correctively rape victims? Antis who have physically harassed and stalked innocent people?

@justanimp just wondering. Because if you'd rather 'stand with antis' because of your trauma... You should know antis will not protect you. Antis don't care about your real life trauma as much, or more, as they do what people are doing online. Antis will turn on you the moment they think you are no longer a useable tool to their narrative.

If you think proshippers 'refuse to acknowledge the harm they cause' then do I have news for you about the anti community.

You're absolutely not stupid, and please don't cry! Like I said, its a very common misconception and narrative, and actually, a somewhat understandable one, given.

But you did give me the opportunity to share some parts of fandom history that are slowly being left behind, and the opportunity to share factual information which can help people to more properly, safely and comfortably choose how they exist in fandom spaces and what content and people they engage with, and that's very, very awesome.

(And I didn't mention this above, but also, nobody has to align themselves with any kind of moniker, noun or community, even if how they feel directly reflects the criteria or basis of the aforementioned.

For example, you can be like B, and not call yourself a proshipper. You can simply be someone who doesn't engage with something, but also respects that it does and will exist, and that's that. You can also be like A and avidly engage with something, but choose not to identify as a proshipper for whatever reason. Safety, comfortability, ect.

Likewise, you can be an 'anti' and still think its wrong to cause people actual harm over fictional content. Or be an anti and recognise that fiction isn't reality, but its still something you morally disagree with and would prefer to stay very far away from.)

In any case; the only thing that matters is that the factual history is understood, and you exist in fandom spaces in the way you are most comfortable based on that understanding. Fandoms are spaces meant for community and enjoyment, and your space within that is personal to you.

SRC* is a very good acronym and general rule to follow if you're unsure about which 'side' you want to identify with or if you want to stay far away from either community and label.

*Safe, Respectful, Comfortable.

Hey so uhh. When I made this blog I wasn't particularly aligned in shipping discourse one way or another. But now I have a much more "ship and let ship" vibe, which I believe is generally referred to as "proshipping"? And I know a lot of people have that in their DNI. So feel free to block or unfollow for that.

i’m not pro-ship or anti-ship i am simply anti-censorship. i also believe that the owner of an online space can choose what they allow to be uploaded to that space. these are thoughts that can coexist.

@lesbianmaxevans

For some reason Tumblr doesn't want to let me reblog my post with your (ridiculous) edition, so my apologies but this will have to suffice.

Firstly; you're incorrect on both counts. Foremost that I'm exclusively talking about CSA pornography, and secondmost that I'm talking about CSA pornography at all.

Namely because CSA pornography refers exclusively to the actual pornographic depiction of the sexual abuse of real children. As in, photos, videos and documentation. All of which are also, unsurprisingly, against AO3's policy regardless of also being against the law.

Now, sweeping aside your reduction and scapegoating of pedophilia, what I am actually talking about in this post is anti-censorship.

As in, the thing that makes shows like Game of Thrones, Sherlock Holmes, ect possible. The thing that makes all those fun books like Shadow Hunters and all those Taiwanese queer shows and even your nude art, horror art and so forth possible.

When I talk about the purges of fandom-based sites like LiveJournal and Wattpad I'm not talking about purging fanfiction of forty-year old men rawdogging toddlers.

I'm talking about queer content. Murder mysteries. Survivor stories. All of which were purged in excess from those websites to satisfy investors and religious radicals and people like you.

I highly recommend looking into just how many websites have banned even the mention of same-sex couples or activity in order to 'not offend anyone.'

All of that said;

Yes, additionally, I also advocate for the protection and preservation of content that would fall under the bracket of explicit across a number of subjects including but not limited to:

Pornography involving fictional characters who are minors/below the local age of consent.

Depictions of rape not strictly limited to survivor retellings or condemnation.

Depictions of murder both for plot and just for funsies.

Depictions of age gaps including but not limited to involving fictional minors.

Unhealthy relationships including between employees and employers, villains and heroes, ect.

And much more!

But, by all means. Reduce anti-censorship and an entire generational effort of activism to just 'CSA pornography.'