If The New Fall Of The House Of Usher Helped Me Realize One Thing, It Is That Edgar Allen Poe Was Really

If the new Fall of the House of Usher helped me realize one thing, it is that Edgar Allen Poe was really just the 1800s version of the Saw franchise.

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the dangers of not confessing

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For those who could use a reminder: escapist fantasy fiction encompasses more than, like, purely happy and wholesome stories. If you use 'escapist fiction' to mean, 'things that never make anyone uncomfortable,' then you might want to reassess your terminology.

An (incomplete) list of fiction that typically features 'escapist' elements would include:

-Weird/dark/kinky porn -Horror fiction -Romance novels (and all the unhealthy possessive relationships and dubiously consensual sex that occurs in them for the fun and pleasure of the reader) -Fantasy worlds like Game of Thrones

So when you see things that claim it is people who only engage with 'escapist stories' or 'escapist fantasies' who cannot tell the difference between fiction and reality, that's a pretty clear and immediate signal that this person either: a) doesn't know what they're talking about, or b) is being deliberately disingenuous.

Enjoying escapist fiction is not the same thing as never wanting to engage with potentially uncomfortable stories, and a person's ability to tell the difference between fiction and reality is independent of their personal preference in what type of fiction they enjoy.

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