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Charismatic Microfauna ([personal profile] doomhamster) wrote2018-12-30 02:24 pm

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One of the things I just can’t understand re: antis and their ilk:

How can anyone NOT get that consuming or creating depictions of a form of trauma you yourself were the victim of can in fact be cathartic and comforting?

“I can be in control of an event that was wholly out of my control IRL. I can have everything come out so much better… or I can have my favorite character go through the same thing I did and end up totally broken, and that will make me feel a little bit less ashamed of how I broke when it happened to me.”

This isn’t DIFFICULT, folks.

And no, not all people work like this. Some traumatized people are indeed better off just never being reminded of their trauma or seeing it depicted. But here’s the thing: you won’t find darkficcers demanding that such people read our stuff, or write traumatic things into their own stories! We don’t tend to go around denying someone else’s experience based on “trying to avoid any mention of your trauma is not a valid coping mechanism~!”
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[personal profile] silverr 2018-12-30 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I have come to see such people as "toxic narcissists," who expect the world to mirror and validate their likes and dislikes, and the workings of their psyche.

Anyone who does not, they see as evil and deserving of attack.
Edited 2018-12-30 15:18 (UTC)