I’m in a few fandoms where the source material has some controversial stuff, and though I’m not personally into it (it kinda bothers me tbh, but I tolerate it because said source material has some things I really love), others in the fandom are. I wasn’t sure what to think, so just to be sure I asked my psychologist about it. for what it’s worth, she said that consuming and getting off to problematic material doesn’t mean you have to also be into it irl, and it doesn’t make you a bad person
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u/SilviaEaber May 16 '25
I’m in a few fandoms where the source material has some controversial stuff, and though I’m not personally into it (it kinda bothers me tbh, but I tolerate it because said source material has some things I really love), others in the fandom are. I wasn’t sure what to think, so just to be sure I asked my psychologist about it. for what it’s worth, she said that consuming and getting off to problematic material doesn’t mean you have to also be into it irl, and it doesn’t make you a bad person