This Is Not Okay · 7:28pm Dec 31st, 2017
Firstly, read this and make yourselves aware: https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/788985/the-elephant-in-the-equine-room
Secondly, my thoughts:
I'm not a pure-minded person. I read and look at NSFW stuff, some of it involving ponies, yes. Some of it containing things that would go under the new "trigger warnings" that have been implemented on this site. Some of it I've even enjoyed. I imagine I'm not alone.
But there's a difference between fiction and reality. And when I think about turning those fictional things into reality, I start feeling guilty. I want nothing to do with it. I imagine I'm not alone in that either.
Now, I have not yet attended a convention. I don't even know if I ever will, simply because of where I live and the fact that I'm f***ing broke. But I always thought conventions were supposed to be fun, places where folks who love the same thing can just mingle and be happy and not face any outside threats and I sound like a naïve idiot right now don't I?
I'm just gonna end this by saying the same thing as Horizon: we should be better than this. If you see something like this happening, buck up and put a stop to it. Actually, it doesn't matter if it's at a convention or anywhere else. It doesn't matter if you see it towards men or women or whatever else a person wants to label themselves as. Harassment, attempted rape, actual sexual assault- this. Is not. Okay.
Have a lovely 2018 everybody!