Xanphibian, thank you.

[icarus]

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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[amalthia]

p.s. I have no freaking clue what that means to "write responsibly" personally I think anyone who feels people need to "write responsibly" should be banned from reading anything. Obviously they don't know how to read responsibly.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I'm ready to change all the cut-tags on my fics to "By clicking this I agree to read responsibly. And use a condom."

[maraceles.livejournal.com]

Bwhahahah! That would be brilliant.

Anyway, thanks for linking the post. The idea of writing responsibly i.e. self-censorship is starting to bother the crap outta me...

[ella-bane.livejournal.com]

"By clicking this I agree to read responsibly. And use a condom."

Hee!

[amalthia]

rofl