One of the most baffling things about the anti movement is the assumption that every depiction is literal. Did none of these people ever take a lit class? Murder, rape, torture, cannibalism, incest, all of these have been used metaphorically, for a variety of reasons. But suddenly they’re only allowed in hand-wringing morality plays? What do these people imagine literature is actually about?

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i think about this CONSTANTLY. like, you can think a metaphor is in bad taste, but that doesn’t make it less of a metaphor. 

there’s also the cases almost on the exact opposite end of the spectrum where the source material is already clearly so vile and parodied that i cannot comprehend how antis think anyone is drawing serious moral conclusions from the source content, let alone the fandom. Like, I think one of the earliest fandoms I saw antis in was South Park, where people were being accused of pedophilia for doing… nothing nearly as bad as the show itself. 

this frustrating take antis have where all fiction, regardless of context, tone, or audience, is all monkey-see-monkey-do moral works that have to be sure not to teach the audience Bad Things is…. yeah, baffling. baffling is a good word.