[ SECRET POST #2643 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2643 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Classism in fandom

[inevitableentresol]

I once wrote a fanfic in which the main character was homeless for a time and lived on the street, as I did for a while myself, when younger. I was surprised how many readers were fascinated by that aspect. It's true, they do think it's cool. Especially my teenage readers. The concept of it being cool actually passed me by so hard that I didn't realise what their reaction meant until you explained it just there.

While in many ways, it's interesting to be homeless, in the same way having a broken leg is interesting, it's something that's better reflected on from a more comfortable present. It definitely does not make you badass. More like more vulnerable.

Re: Classism in fandom

[nyxelestia]

As the anon below mentioned, a lot of people see homelessness as a "free from societal constraints" situation and don't really realize just how much it fucking sucks and doesn't really free you from anything so much as take you out of the frying pan and drop you into the fire.

I've never even been homeless, and I still want to smack people who romanticize poverty. It's one thing if you are using it as a way to viably add to a character's background - in the same way people use things like war or abuse or whatever to provide an interesting background that contributes to a present characterization. But when it becomes a plot device for its own sake or a romanticized settings, nine times out of ten I close the tab and don't look back.