pedophilia is ABSOLUTELY excused and oftentimes glorified in fandom spaces. like… it’s not disputable, there is incessant fic jerking off to “jailbait,” teacher/student AUs, there is so much brushing aside of dangerous age gaps. i know this because like. i’ve been in fandom since i was 11. i used to enjoy this shit when i was younger because all of the adults making content in fandom spaces presented it as totally normal and okay. i was so, so lucky that nobody used it to prey on me. and eventually i woke up because i saw people pushing back against it, properly contextualized it, realized we don’t exist in a vacuum, and now it disgusts and unnerves me.
i don’t care if it’s “not real life,” it’s still content you are putting into a public forum where real life kids and teenagers can and WILL see it. i know too many people who got hurt when they were younger because of this shit. adults have to start taking responsibility for the content they produce. we have to be conscious of what we are espousing and consuming.
Plume de Lynx 