ahem, PSA

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by Deescent

by Deescent

Since I've been seeing this brought up a lot lately...

*takes in a deep breath*

WRITING FANFICTION IS OKAY AS LONG AS YOU SEPARATE THE CHARACTERS IN YOUR STORY FROM REAL LIFE. ANYONE PORTRAYED IN A FANFICTION IS NOT A REAL PORTRAYAL OF THEM AS A PERSON, THEIR BELIEFS, SEXUALITY, ETC. IT IS A FAKE IMAGINATIVE STORY WHOS CHARACTERS ARE MOLDED FROM REAL LIFE PEOPLE, BUT ARE NOT DIRECT REPRESENTATIONS OF THEM, AND SHOULD ONLY BE VIEWED AS SUCH.

IF ANY OF YOUR TWISTED FANFIC IDEAS OR SHIPS START MAKING YOU BELIEVE THAT 'PERSON A' IS GAY OR 'PERSON B' IS SECRETLY A KILLER OR 'PERSON C' IS AN ASSHOLE, THEN YOU ARE NOT SEPARATING WHAT YOU READ AND WRITE FROM REAL LIFE. IT'S OKAY TO JOKE ABOUT THESE THINGS (in moderation), BUT ONCE IT GETS TO THE POINT OF FORCING A BELIEF OR RELATIONSHIP THAT IN ACTUALITY MAY NOT EXIST, THEN YOU ARE GOING TOO FAR.

SO, I REPEAT, READING AND WRITING FANFICTION IS OKAY AS LONG AS YOU KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE IN THESE STORIES ARE CHARACTERS THAT ARE COMPLETELY MADE UP, AND WHOEVER THOSE CHARACTERS WERE BASED OFF OF IN REAL LIFE ARE ACTUAL PEOPLE LIVING IN A COMPLETELY SEPARATE UNRELATED WORLD AND SHOULD STAY THAT WAY.

(Unless you happen to be a psychic and accidentally end up predicting the future with your story hshssh imagine if the softest person you stan rn is an actual serial killer hhh I would stop functioning)