tlbodine:

decepticonsensual:

cleo4u2:

THIS. I saw a post the other day that literally said if you do it to a fictional character, you’ll do it in real life.

No. Just NO.

I’m so glad someone put it into words.

Lin-Manuel Miranda is a legend, and he’s absolutely right.

And I really feel like there are parts of fandom that don’t get or don’t believe this, and I think that’s troubling.  I’ve seen arguments that people shouldn’t have dark fantasies, or that bad impulses in themselves make a bad person.  I’ve seen so much shaming over thoughts.

And if you get to a point where it’s bad to have dark thoughts and it’s bad to wonder what something would be like and it’s bad to put yourself in the shoes of anyone who isn’t “pure”, if fiction is no longer a realm where you can confront and explore, but an ongoing test of moral purity… well, maybe not everyone’s brain works like mine, but I feel like that takes away something incredibly important to being human.

This.

As someone with OCD, having it reaffirmed that “the bad thoughts you have make you a bad person” is incredibly damaging.

But even if I weren’t.

Fiction is not real life. And I am real sick of seeing the moral purity police rain down fury on anyone who doesn’t conform.

@bloodreadlipstick This explains what I was trying to say yesterday much more effectively. 👍🏻