Comment by Rottengirl26 on I LOVE FEMBOYS

@I LOVE FEMBOYS I do admit it's only the first chapter we can't judge too much, but the author should've expected the concerns the last panel specifically would have. I'm not even African American, just a poc but even that panel made me upset. And I wouldn't be too surprised if you were a European or white American defending this but to be a south Indian defending this feels wrong. I think the author should've released 5 chapters or more so people could see how exactly the story would go but there isn't any way you can defend the owner x slave trope whatsoever. And the wording on the last panel like I said, was really iffy. I don't think jaxx is completely a bad person, I'm sure they didn't mean much harm, but you can't deny their ignorance. Jaxx, themselves admitted to their mistakes and completely acknowledged the fact that they didn't do enough research on this.

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I LOVE FEMBOYSMember·5 days ago

@Rottengirl26 Oh, absolutely. Because as a South Indian, I clearly need to consult the "Global POC Handbook" before forming an opinion on a fictional story. My mistake! 😞 It’s genuinely sad that you think my background means I’m obligated to share your exact perspective. I agree that releasing more chapters at once would have given better context, but bringing my race into this just because I think a story needs room to develop is completely unnecessary. We can disagree on media literacy without you policing how I'm "supposed" to react based on where I'm from. Now don't you think it's wrong that your saying this to me because of my background so ig if I was a white person you would have hated me for having opinion on this story that's double standard . Don't you think? And as for the author apology I'll always believe it's a forced apology like a teacher forcing students to apologise. Yk how bad it feels

I LOVE FEMBOYSMember·5 days ago

@Rottengirl26 I think you're focusing so much on specific words that you're ignoring the context there are. Words like "master" and "slave" can appear in many different stories, genres, and BDSM KIND OF THING. The presence of those words alone doesn't automatically tell you what the author's message is. If two fictional characters were both white and used those terms, most people would wait to see the context before making a judgment. That's exactly what I'm asking for here: context. My point isn't that slavery isn't serious. My point is that a story should be judged by how it handles its themes, not by the appearance of a few words or assumptions about where the plot might go.

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