this misconception that pedophiles are all old men with no families or social life who do nothing but lurk in the bushes all day has got to stop. there are pedophiles in fandom spaces. there are pedophiles who are authors and readers and artists. there are pedophiles who aren’t men, or middle aged. fandom in general tends to be so anti ~censorship~ that these people run rampant in fandom spaces and a lot of minors are hurt by it–I was, many people around my age that I know were. There are most definitely pedophiles writing and reading fanfic and making a community where absolutely nothing is censored or disallowed is only making a community that’s more welcoming to them.
and if you read this post and you’re about to post an angry rant in the replies about Censorship Bad and Don’t Like Don’t Read: take a moment to consider why the completely neutral, factual statement of “there are pedophiles in fandom spaces and those spaces should be made less welcoming to them” gets you so riled up
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