09-19-2016, 01:12 PM
(09-14-2016, 12:22 AM)Gentian Wrote: Thank you, too, Rainboom. I didn't really have any target audience in mind when I wrote it. I chose homosexuals because in most of the first world it's legal and perfectly acceptable, but only a decade ago, was illegal, and unacceptable enough that you genuinely ran the risk of being murdered - brutally - if people discovered you were.
It's true they still do in many places, but I think the majority -though not all - of the people who are most likely to chance upon what I wrote will be from the first or second world, or familiar enough with it to understand my context.
An interesting thing I've noticed in many threads criticizing/bashing "waifuism" is the fact they hate it when comparisons to homosexuality are made. Usually with the excuse of homosexuals are born that way, whereas we make a choice. Personally, I see this as a half assed, invalid counter. Prejudice is prejudice. Besides, plenty of people are hated and experience prejudice because of life choices, religious groups, for example. Or atheists. They weren't born that way, it was a choice they made, yet they still receive hate and persecution. More often or not these people simply refuse to listen to any valid counterpoints because they think just because people like us are ridiculous then we have no possible valid points to make because none of us can be that coherent, right?
And besides, who's to say DNA, at least too an extent isn't playing a role? I'm not saying what we are is an orientation, certainly not, but genetics do play a role, however small, in the way we are combined with personality and life experience, etc. Not saying it plays a roll in everything, but I think it's an interesting possibility to explore.
I apologize for bumping this thread, but like I said, this is a subject near and dear to me and I've had a lot of thoughts on it for years I've only just now been able to express. I've fallen in love with and felt strong connections to "fictional characters" my entire life and there were times, namely my late teenage years where I struggled with and tried to suppress my true nature because I thought it was wrong. I feel very fortunate that I've found such a strong sense of self acceptance at a relatively young age.