#shortcoming of theirs that they need to overcome. maybe it’s naive but I do think a here be dragons can prevent a whole lot of argument | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

milfglupshitto · 1 year

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I think it’s inherently a little ridiculous to insist that certain topics are too uncomfortable for horror, which is famously the Genre That Makes You Uncomfortable. I also think there exists for each individual a list of concepts that make them uncomfortable in a thought-provoking and even disquietingly reflective way as well as a list of concepts that make them uncomfortable in a skin-crawling throat-itching sick-to-stomach i-can’t-handle-this way. so to this end I think it is a little bit more than a little ridiculous to insist on one universal list of acceptable and unacceptable categories of Personal Uncomfort. and this is why I will always be a staunch advocate for and (as best I can) diligent provider of content warnings

#seeing important points about horror genres and ‘‘acceptable’’ topics #I just don’t think people are lame for being caught off guard by something disturbing that they didn’t expect #maybe you can check before but sometimes you can’t!#yes some things should be expected from certain genres but I don’t think it’s an attack on art to acknowledge that no matter how stunning #the prose or well-crafted the plot some readers just can’t stand fungal horror! and that’s not a personal attack on your work nor is it a #shortcoming of theirs that they need to overcome. maybe it’s naive but I do think a here be dragons can prevent a whole lot of argument #mushroom example is not a vague at anything btw! just the first thing that popped into my head

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