not proshipper not anti but a secret third thing (person who has a career in the media and, through covering legislative politics, has watched "associating with problematic fiction or entertainment is an indicator of moral degeneracy" rapidly become a mainstream GOP position that they are encoding in legislation to target the queer community under the guise of protecting children, thus coming to the conclusion that positioning the "can people enjoy things that would be immoral IRL in their fiction" debate as a proship v anti fandom debate is akin to pretending that "should we have the death penalty" is a discussion that only matters in Death Note discourse — the extent and manner to which fiction affects reality is an issue that is immediately relevant to today's US politics, and to summarize my opinions on the matter in fandom terms would be to diminish the ways this debate is affecting america Right The Fuck Now. and i have stopped taking "this person is bad for shipping the wrong anime thing and being horny about it" in any sort of good faith ever since I saw it literally used as part of a GOP smear campaign against a transgender state legislator in an attempt to defend the right from backlash after they used their supermajority in the Montana house to prevent her from speaking on the floor. Anyway I think everyone on this site, especially Americans, could benefit from ceasing to think in proship v anti vocabulary and instead developing coherent political positions on the nature of fiction that do not directly align with current fascist political tactics)
The link on her TikTok page which leads you to her business, but here it is for folks who want to check it out: Modest Behaviour
I stumbled upon her content such a long time ago, and they're both so precious and funny as heck. Please support them if you aren't already following her accounts.
How about a story where the hero realizes that the villain has the capacity to change and for once, instead of convincing them to turn themself in and take responsibility for their crimes, understands that prison is the absolute worst environment in which to heal from trauma and make positive changes to one's relationship with society. The hero keeps the villain out of prison but then realizes they are now responsible for babysitting an unredeemed villain, what a monumental task they've taken on. In a moment of righteous anger, they lament the lack of non harmful options at their disposal. Prison will make them worse, but otherwise how can the hero ensure they do no more harm?
just learned that a mutual of mine is pro israel (they’re now blocked) so i wanted to take the time to say that if you believe what’s happening in palestine is not a genocide than you are not welcome here. unfollow me block me whatever i don’t want you interacting with me at all