Thread by @thebookosaur

this is exactly my point, using dubcon fiction as a coping mechanism or certain tropes to deal with trauma is something I WOULD NEVER JUDGE, only issue with this whole drama is when people openly say it is RAPE and then glorify him in the same sentence while acknowledging this^^

https://twitter.com/daizcalloway/status/1651222650436419587

it's one thing to enjoy the books in private but to say it's 'omg it is SA and I'm aware and idrc!' online is fucking insane, like, knowing full well while choosing to sexualize it in the same breath publicly is something entirely different than what others have been-

-doing since the books and other similar media have come out :/ no judgement towards belle or anyone who enjoyed the books for reasons as I've stated above, my problem is when people start saying things like this honestly

https://twitter.com/thebookosaur/status/1647881214706225154?s=20

anyone demeaning actual survivors for reading tropes that THEY use to cope with THEIR trauma is gross, there is a difference between using them to cope and justifying/romanticizing books and characters and that's where I draw the line and my issue is with it honestly

and ofc not as a way to invalidate other survivors of these experiences, but different people deal with trauma in certain ways that may not make sense to you and sometimes they're not supposed to, and I wholly understand that, glorifying it online and romanticizing the actions of

this character is where it gets screwed up, you can use tropes to cope or you can glorify it online to the masses while acknowledging in the exact same sentence that they’re a terrible person and that’s fucked up, zade meadows is a rapist — fact, and I’m not justifying his

actions, I’m saying that not everyone who read it is a rape apologist, maybe they’re just using him as their way to cope, and no one has any right to judge that.