dislike embarrassment/humiliation, rape, non-con, misogyny, racism, ableism, sizeism, character-bashing, and women feeling guilty about enjoying sex. I am particularly frustrated right now by depictions of mental illness and crazy = bad and dangerous. I dislike misogyny and Man Angst, especially White Man Angst.
You've summed up a LOT of my own dislikes very succinctly, much more so than I could (I would tend to be a bit rant-y). I'm new to fandoms of any sort (btvs in my case) and I really wasn't prepared for a lot of what I find in fanfiction (but maybe I should have been?)
One of my frustrations is that a lot of thing on that list - including rape and non-con written as porn, women characters being "rescued" by the male heros etc - are in stories written by women. And I'm not a prude and I realize that everyone has their kinks and I respect that; there are simply some places I can't go.
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You've summed up a LOT of my own dislikes very succinctly, much more so than I could (I would tend to be a bit rant-y). I'm new to fandoms of any sort (btvs in my case) and I really wasn't prepared for a lot of what I find in fanfiction (but maybe I should have been?)
One of my frustrations is that a lot of thing on that list - including rape and non-con written as porn, women characters being "rescued" by the male heros etc - are in stories written by women. And I'm not a prude and I realize that everyone has their kinks and I respect that; there are simply some places I can't go.
I'm here on snowpuppies' rec, btw.
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