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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2021-11-18 07:53 pm

[ SECRET POST #5431 ]


⌈ Secret Post #5431 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2021-11-19 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes but in a Mommy/little scene they might well be roleplaying adult/child sex. (Or not - not all scenes have genital sex) You find that objectionable in fiction, so I'd assumed roleplay would be similar, since roleplay is also a form of fiction.

I think the problem you're having is that you spend so much time around teenagers that you're hypervigilant and obssessive about it, and forget that fandom as a whole does not revolve around teenagers, and that the kind of creepiness you talk about seeing is actually not all that common outside of teen zones. Because why would someone who wants to creep on teens hang out in a fandom that's mostly adults (which is most fandoms that aren't based on faddish teen media)? They won't find what they're looking for there.

So you're taking something that's a problem in one specific area of fandom, and projecting it all over people who make adult stuff for an adult audience. And yes, adult erotica creators are often very much at risk for negative consequences based on puritanism.

(Anonymous) 2021-11-19 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Ding ding ding

(Anonymous) 2021-11-20 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
I would've agree with your comment if it weren't for the fact that this is a secret about someone intending to be a YA author, and therefore yes, aiming for a teenage audience. So my experiences with teen-centric fandoms are not irrelevant in this topic. If this were the secret about Hannibal, I wouldn't have responded with anything but sympathy.

(Anonymous) 2021-11-20 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
But people can write more than one kind of work! It's perfectly possible to write YA and also write erotica, as long as it's made very clear which is which. I do understand that under the current climate it's unfortunately smart to hide "shameful" work, but I think that's a bad thing and ought to change.

Using different pseudonyms is good marketing. Having to hide or disavow "edgier" work altogether, well, I understand why people do it but I wish they didn't feel like they had to.