Those Dumb Fan Fiction Moments
"It's not rape if you like it."
This isn't going to be so much of a funny rant. It'll be more of a intense, angry rant because this is something that gets to me.
Not just on here, but on other fanfiction sites as well, I've seen the phrase up above. ^^ It REALLY pisses me off when people decide that it's okay to put that in their stories.
Yes, sometimes writers like to spice things up and add some scenes that could possibly be unsettling. However, let's not coin this phrase or romanticize rape culture.
Some writers forget that younger audiences could be reading these fanfictions. Swears are one thing, but romanticizing sexual assault is another. You may think, "Oh, well, younger people shouldn't be on here because of the content of the site." That's challenging when almost every younger kid has a device available to them at all times.
I recently read a Wattpad "story" (it was basically just information and finding a way to make people aware) said: "She/he may have enjoyed it. but they did not give consent. If the victim has not given consent, then it is rape...Yes, I fully understand that the character has said this because that's who they are and what they would say, but it's rude and disrespectful and very degrading towards people who have been sexually assaulted. Oh, and extremely unoriginal" (intersectional feminism, Wattpad, 2016).
The author(s) said it pretty well and I agree.
Just a PSA. Not saying that all of you do this, but just the few that may have on here and other fanfiction websites.
#BreakTheClichè
12/3/16