First thing I want to say is that it is not necessary for fiction to be good for people’s mental health. Art for art’s sake has value, so does individual autonomy, and people can create and consume fiction based on what they want and what they value without having to make it medicinal so they can justify it as a social good.
Second thing I want to say is that it is not possible to create fiction that is universally good for people’s mental health. Tumblr fandom tends to treat certain mental health needs as implicitly the most legitimate, and inherent universal needs, but it’s way more complicated than that. Many people will absolutely thrive on stories of loving, supportive families, while some people will need to avoid them due to their specific family history. Some people are helped by reading about characters they enjoy practicing healthy communication and getting positive results, while other people might come away hearing, “Everyone can do healthy communication and get helpful responses if they try hard enough, so therefore the problem must be you screwing it up!” Some people might find “Destroy the evil abuser” revenge fantasies a helpful way to process anger, while other people might find they do more harm than good. A lot of people find stories of a character being gently nurtured by someone else, while some people have negative associations with other people trying to take care of them and have bad psychological reactions to these stories. (And let me tell you, if you have a bad associations with soft pastel nurturing that mean it can put you in a bad headspace, Tumblr can be pure hell.)
Mental health needs differ. They’re not always soft. They’re not always predictable based on a diagnosis, or a few details of someone’s history. They’re diverse, individual, and sometimes mesh poorly with stuff that most people would consider healthy and wholesome. Your story might be helpful for a specific person, or for a number of people, but there’s no such thing as the universally healthy story or the universally unhealthy story. It is literally not possible to write something for the general public and ensure it’s healthy for everyone who reads it.
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tagged by: @batsinthebasement
name: abby
nickname: nina
gender: ♀
zodiac: scorpio 🦂
height: 5'2
time: 13:51
favorite musician: uhmm close split of the weeknd & lana uwu
song stuck in my head: comfort inn
last movie i saw: Chungking Express
last thing i googled: fish and fish tank research
other blogs: @hunterxh0e (& my nsfw ones)
do i get asks: sometimes!
why i chose this url: laziness
following: 541
amount of sleep i get: 4-10 hours a night
lucky number: 11 ?
what im wearing: bralette and house shorts!
dream job: shit... a gardener.. florist, writer, artist. sugar baby but left alone
dream trips: JAPAN BABEY!! Bali, Malaysia, Ireland!
favorite foods: sunflower seeds, chocolate w nuts, one (1) sandwich place near my hometown
instruments: lmao
favorite song: (s): under the trees, deadboy, orlando, dis one and dis banger
thank u again for tagging me! i wont tag all 21 bc im lame but @arakitafeels @onlytwoemotions @sincerely-seven @tasariel @pancake-emoji @cymorg @minima-life @neko-grrl @wasp-that-never-misses @platonicwaifu
“let people enjoy things” is quickly becoming a very dangerous phrase
friends, i am afraid that "i want more weird freak art, but ONLY if it's not weird PORN" is a completely incoherent stance. you are not obligated to like the weird porn that is sexualizing fucked up shit, but if you want more weird art made by freaks, you need to create an environment where people feel comfortable making transgressive and shocking art that upsets people, and that just so happens to include weird porn and sexualizing fucked up things as a category, like, by definition!
like i cannot stress enough that you cannot pick and choose which transgressive things can exist in your artistic sphere based on if they upset and shock you or not... that's undermining the entire point of artistic spheres that encourage transgression!
some very old redraws
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HxH 2k17 Secret Santa Sign-Ups start today!
This year we want to celebrate the Hunter x Hunter fandom with a special event: a Secret Santa project!
It does not matter if you draw or write or anything else creative. We accept every application, as long as you are willing to do your best with your present. Fulfill a wish and get a wish fulfilled in return! That way, everybody can look forward to the Secret Santa project!
Check out the links below if you’re considering participating this year. Just remember that sign-ups end November 7th!
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