on fiction...

remember in the 2000s when there was a whole thing around violent video games and them apparently causing violence in real life? it's since been long debunked, and most people don't try to make a connection anymore.

so why is it that for other types of fiction, these same standards aren't applied? well, it's obvious, isn't it? they're taboo. the real-life equivalent will be brought up as a moral justification for why it's bad in fiction. going to someone's post about that thing you don't like and telling them you find it gross isn't enough. you need to make it seem like they actually did (or are going to do) something bad in real life, even if it's not true! or you make the claim that they need to get help, even though what they're engaging in doesn't actually tell you anything about their current mental state!

or maybe you genuinely believe it.

either way, though.

and it isn't like everyone needs to like it just because it doesn't cause any harm. of course you can find it gross or morally reprehensible. no problem with that. but it's not fair to accuse someone of something criminal just because of the type of fiction they like.

unless... it is fair? and... you're a soon-to-be murderer? how dare you, you freak!  you... you soon-to-be killer!