β—† New fic up

Ice and Thaw (3805 words) by Overlord_Mordax Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: X-Men – All Media Types, X-Men (Comicverse), Marvel 616, Marvel (Comics) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Remy LeBeau/Rogue Characters: Remy LeBeau, Rogue (X-Men) Additional Tags: Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Domestic Fluff, Romantic Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Christmas Fluff, Holidays, Ice Skating Summary:…

β—† You don’t have to perform disgust

You don’t have to apologize, or perform authorial disgust, for dark, violent, sexual, cruel or problematic topics in the fiction you create. Fiction does not exist to teach an audience a moral lesson. You as an author are not required to be your audience’s moral teacher. You can have bad things happen– you can have…

β—† It’s a fantasy, not a reality.

When people– and especially young women– are attracted to “abusive” and “controlling” and “violent” male characters in fiction– The fantasy is not about being abused, or controlled. The fantasy is about a partner who is devoted to you, who takes care of you, who will defend you, to a larger than life degree. And because…