Fucking hell.

[mrsronweasley]

I've only heard about this through various friends, and not seen the actual wank, but I just saw what happened after arabe1la posted about incest on her LJ. What the fuck, man? What the HELL happened to everybody?!

WHO THE FUCK WOULD HONESTLY DEFEND INCEST and NOT expect to have the backlash of those who don't agree with them?! If you're going to write incest, expect fucking consequences!

What the hell is WRONG with those people?! And what the hell is wrong with Arabella pointing out her own point of view on HER OWN LIVEJOURNAL?!

Oh, and my favorite bit: making "incest" synonymous with "slash" and, of COURSE, just because Arabella doesn't like incest she MUST be a HOMOPHOBE, because those people know her SO goddamn well! That's logic there, my friends. Really. Wonderful, wonderful show of those with brains and those without.

Fucking hell. I'm so glad I was away when all this happened. At least I got a break from all the bullshit. I'm sorry for those who got hurt, and I am DEFINITELY sorry that Arabella decided to delete her journal. Fucking wankers. Jesus.

To add more crap: I came home to a fucked-up Word. It now won't open ANY files, and won't open at ALL, and yes, I had a fic on there. Fantastic. *sigh* Dammit all to hell.

Ok, had to vent. Off to write more on WordPad. At least that opened. Grrrr.

Comments

[themorningstarr.livejournal.com]

Really, she was entitled to rant about whatever she wanted, but like I said-- I don't like the implication that people "shouldn't" write... whatever.

Not to drag it all up again, but since you said you hadn't read the post in question, I wanted to point out that A had said that all that is dark should be expressed, but it should be given its proper weight. (That's paraphrased.)

That's why I was shocked at all the backlash and wankery. She never said it shouldn't be written. Never.

But I suppose people overlook things when it's convenient for them. (Not you, but the wankers.)

[mayatawi.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the clarification. And you know, I actually agree with that-- in the sense of writing good fiction, because a happy-fluffy-incest-fic just isn't good plotting.

That said, if people want to write fluffy incest just for the pretty visuals and don't care about having a realistic plot, then that's their prerogative. But then, it was Arabella's prerogative to rant about it, so there you go. And you're right-- people do tend to overlook pesky things like the facts (and hey, I do it too-- mostly through laziness though) when it gets in the way of a good flamewar.

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

Yeah, themorningstarr explained it all really well.

That said, if people want to write fluffy incest just for the pretty visuals and don't care about having a realistic plot, then that's their prerogative.

But they also have to bear in mind that it carries certain responsibilities, no matter how much they may wish to avoid that. If you're going to write about an altogether serious topic - and whether or not we wish to see it or not, incest is just that - then you have to realize that it won't be all smooth-sailing. And Arabella had a right to say what she said without being called a fascist or a homophobe, because that was just not only stupid, but ill-informed. I mean...geez, she's got fic up at the Howl Kingdom. It's a slash site.

Ah, anyway... I can understand your point, and I hate censorship myself, but I also think that there needs to be some sort of self-censorship, not in terms of what what's good "for the children" but what's good in terms of literature, maybe. I'm not sure how to explain it... basically, people have to learn to take responsibility for their actions, and simply transferring it on somebody else and calling them a fascist is petty and ignorant.

Umm. Hope that made sense. I'm rather out of it...