I dunno, I just feel like maybe some people who are really really squicked out by slavefic could take a good step back and just..not let their feelings about the AU come out as 'please stop writing' tones.
*hands* Look, I mean no disrespect, but I think this is a case of assumptions running away with people. It's like the thought pattern here is going from:
'These people are asking questions about my Thing' --> 'they must be questioning why my Thing exists' --> 'they are being passive-aggressively hostile to my Thing' --> 'that means they must be really, really squicked out by my Thing' --> 'therefore every comment not gung-ho for my Thing is really a veiled complaint about me enjoying my Thing.'
Like...everything past that first step is a defensive assumption that just leads into another defensive assumption until the whole world must want you to stop doing your Thing.
Once you assume hostility EVERYTHING will sound hostile, even if it's not. Seriously, the harshest reactions I've seen to slavefic have been 'I don't read it' and 'It's not my cup of tea.' Assumptions that lead you into a downward spiral are something to guard against.
Re: Foggy rapes Matt???
*hands* Look, I mean no disrespect, but I think this is a case of assumptions running away with people. It's like the thought pattern here is going from:
'These people are asking questions about my Thing' --> 'they must be questioning why my Thing exists' --> 'they are being passive-aggressively hostile to my Thing' --> 'that means they must be really, really squicked out by my Thing' --> 'therefore every comment not gung-ho for my Thing is really a veiled complaint about me enjoying my Thing.'
Like...everything past that first step is a defensive assumption that just leads into another defensive assumption until the whole world must want you to stop doing your Thing.
Once you assume hostility EVERYTHING will sound hostile, even if it's not. Seriously, the harshest reactions I've seen to slavefic have been 'I don't read it' and 'It's not my cup of tea.' Assumptions that lead you into a downward spiral are something to guard against.