Xanphibian, thank you.

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Thank you, xanphibian.

For the record, I too am an incest survivor and I write about incest. heatherly's post... I have no words. Fortunately, xanphibian does.

Xanphibian sums up a lot of what I feel.

Yes. heatherly misses the point entirely. Yes. Many incest and rape survivors aren't just "okay" with these stories -- they actively seek them out. But to understand that, I think you should read xanphibian's post.

For the record, I'm bothered by heatherly's opportunistic fear-mongering about "outsiders" on the heels of the latest scares. There's potential for a fandom backlash against writers of incest, non-con, and chan. If that happens, no one's going to care if it's a good story or a bad story, or if it's "realistic" or not. We'll just be targeted based on the warnings.

If that happens, I'd do the same thing we did in LJ. I'd take all the warnings off my stories.

Lastly... "writing responsibly"? What the heck is that even supposed to mean?

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What the heck is that even supposed to mean?

Maybe it's like drinking responsibly? Like, "don't do it for so long that you park your car in your neighbour's window"? Mainly applies, presumably, to those folks who get feverish writing urges and sit scribbling for hours till their brains stop working, resulting in bizarre, often ruded behaviour until they pass out of heat/hunger/exhaustion.

:D Oh, and word! about the outsiders things. They're not going to care if it's a "responsibly written" story, any more than the Potter-hunters care about the attitude toward witchcraft in HP. There's a wizard on the cover, ergo it's a 955 page treatise on Why You Should Become a Pagan, Kid. The same thing's going to apply to fanfic; it says 'incest' in the header, ergo it's a 10,000-word essay on Go Out and Bonk Your Relatives, Right Now! ((eyerolling))

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... erm, make that rude behaviour. ((smacks forehead))