I support this petition. Most of the commus on LJ with fics are f-locked and/or invite only, so I see nothing wrong with it. As an avid fanfic reader & writer, this whole thing offends me. The people against fics containing whatever had them deleted disgusts me. This is the exact opposite of promoting creativity - which is what I THOUGHT LiveJournal was about.
Everyone with an ounce of brain realises not only that LJ overreacted completely in this matter. It seems that there is a strong anti-homosexual, Christian conservative bias, and that's not exactly making me think about getting that paid account.
All those who have joined together as fans of yaoi, yuri, hentai, etc. know very well what we are getting into and those who don't have been given warnings. When the risk of
Its called fandom for a reason. Because it is. not. real. Its not like I'm about to go out and rape my little sister or something now just because I read darkfic.we keep our fetishes in our heads for the most part, and it is completely unfair to take them away for such a silly reason.
I am a survivor. I know there are those who have difficulty determining fantasy from reality, but that does not give them the right to project that delusion onto others.WFI and groups like it make the sound-bite speech of,
What they've done is inexcusable, and could be likened to the witch hunts in centuries past. Among other things. >.< LJ should be ashamed of themselves.
Everyone's already said it, but I'll repeat it: Just because it's in our profile or our journal or our posts does not mean we are child molesters or pedopheliacs. I myself survived molestation as a child, yet I'm pretty certain my interests lists several