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[–] [email protected] 41 points 8 months ago (12 children)

"The author wrote the text so the victims are happy with their lot, so criticism of their treatment is invalid" is also an immature media interpretation, and worth about as much as "All characters depicted in this work are 18 or older even if stated otherwise".

As I've mentioned elsewhere in this thread, the house elves in Harry Potter are explicitly written as content with enslavement, but everybody sees that as transparently problematic. What's the difference?

It's fine to like pokemon (I liked/still kinda like it) but that doesn't mean I'm blind to the iffy nature of the premise

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (6 children)

I like Mass Effect even though I have moral objections to fucking aliens.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (4 children)

What is your moral objection to fucking a sapient being capable of consenting to sex?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No real objection. It was meant to be sarcasm but upon re-reading the post I've realized it actually sounds pretty bad and not so different from a reactionary take. I am sorry about that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Youre good. Thanks for clarifying!

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