I've been thinking about writing my opinion on the hecking problematic media somewhere on the site so what better place than my little dollhouse shrine. I feel like a broken record saying this all over the place but I think I became a bit paranoid after running away from social media after I saw how people can be treated about this whole theme and I feel like I have to make myself very very clear; No, I do not support any of this in real life, nothing at all, it's pretty obvious, especially because we're (hopefully) adults here, but I always feel like I have to say it to make myself clear. I miss the times on the internet when things like these didn't had to be said because it was pretty explicit from the get-go, but here we are. And of course I'm aware that fiction can, to a certain extent or in some cases, affect reality, but things are not as black and white as some people make it seem.
What kind of taboo content you'll see around this shrine? I already mentioned it on the landing page but;
Mainly age-gap relationships, often with a minor or a minor-coded (mostly the latter) character, incest or implied incest, power imbalance, violence/self-harm not always against each other but as a "proof" of "love" & "devotion", codependency, stockholm syndrome, non/dub-con and probably some more stuff I can't remember at the time of writing this.
But, why? Why ship stuff like this? I don't know, it's the kind of stuff I have always liked for some reason. I like to explore
"love" in an obsessive, possessive, sick and strange way, and that is something that you can only do in fiction, is a strange fascination of mine, I like morally corrupt characters, I like guilt, I like them feeling like something is wrong with them. Don't expect super philosophical eye-opening literature in here; it's just me playing dollhouse. I don't aim to make a complex social commentary or reflect reality in my work, I just like to play with my dolls because I'm a boring lonely woman with a boring life.
If you're against the portrayal of those themes in fictional relationships I don't expect you to change your mind, and honestly I don't want you to, I totally understand finding any of this off-putting even in fiction, it's something that I respect it and that's why I made my own place and even a little corner away from everything, not for hiding but to make my own little "club" where people who want to come in can do so, a pillow fort of sorts. And just like I respect your opinion, I hope you can at least look away, curate your own spaces, and move on. I don't want to fight, I don't want to cause discourse or anything, I'm too old for high-school-level drama. I'm also sorry if you find the design of the page or even my art and characters cute but can't find yourself to enjoy it because of the themes lol x_X
As a last note, this site (pocketdollhouse as a whole) was at first only meant to be seen by the people who already knew about my art, but after growing to like this hobby and interacting a bit with other people I kinda understand that there might be a chance of you finding this site out there in the wild (not a big chance tbh, I'm a nobody o_O), so just keep in mind that the fact that I'm neighbors with other people doesn't mean that they condone any of this or that they like problematic media too (unless stated otherwise by themselves), this goes without saying but it's worth mentioning. These opinions are my own.
Hope you have a nice one and as always, remember to take care of yourself.
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Forever chronically online, Milky.