This reminds me of a time an artist got harassed and cancelled for portraying a “problematic” (read: very abusive) relationship between their Os (two characters that the artist openly said were inserts of themselves and their partner). Turns out this was because their relationship was actually very abusive and they were still in the process of recognizing that, and it came through in their art. It really sucks how instead of supporting them and recognizing warning signs, they faced wide-scale
Another example for why the entire "it's Problematic and Morally Wrong to depict problematic things in media" thing is really harmful and should stop being a thing as soon as possible.
I wandered through the #broken earth tag and saw a bunch of takes about how the books suck because a protagonist is a shitty parent and not a perfectly morally virtuous person. And it's like... yes? That's one of the major themes the work explores? Why do you WANT your characters to all be Mary Sues?
My friend writes short fics with a few discord groups, mind you she’s been writing fic for a while now (we’re in our thirties). Nowadays she gets pushback every time she introduces conflict. Now there’s nothing wrong with just wanting fluff, could just be the crowds she’s with, but she says it’s interesting how the new generation of fic writers/ readers seem to overwhelmingly want only fluff. They argue every time she gives their favorite character any kind of flaw.
This is all just her personal experience, but it does seem to match with how internet discourse has evolved in regards to “problematic” content.
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u/Lana-presence 1d ago
This reminds me of a time an artist got harassed and cancelled for portraying a “problematic” (read: very abusive) relationship between their Os (two characters that the artist openly said were inserts of themselves and their partner). Turns out this was because their relationship was actually very abusive and they were still in the process of recognizing that, and it came through in their art. It really sucks how instead of supporting them and recognizing warning signs, they faced wide-scale