Discussion Friday

[geraineon]

Time for Discussion Friday again!

This time, inspired by my very rapid descent into a Chinese otome game that tried to be culturally sensitive by translating "哥哥" (older brother*) into "childhood friend" in English, what are your thoughts and feelings about incest/pseudo-incest in fiction?

If you enjoy it, why do you enjoy it?

If you find it uncomfortable, is it for all incest/pseudo-incest related tropes, or are there situations where you are more likely to be okay with them and situations where it's a squick?

(Feel free to share any other related thoughts. I trust you all to be respectful to each other's preferences in fiction!)

*brother, very loosely, because it is not always someone related.

Comments

[geraineon]

XDD Maybe the stars just aligned for incest discussions!

Thank you for linking that article! I got it through my university access. Looking forward to reading it, and your thoughts when you're done writing it up！ (I'll also toss it into the community drive later!)

That's interesting. It certainly is a very common trope! (which makes all the pearl clutching about it in the EN online spaces so stupid... like, your own literature also have lots of incest/pseudo-incest tropes!)

Hahaha, I suppose orthopedics is extremely removed from incest/pseudo-incest if one does not know the lingo.

Edited to add: The article mentioned is now in the cnovel comm drive (check resources! it's locked)

[anehan]

Maybe it'd be a good idea to link to resources posts from the sticky? They'd be easier to find that way while still staying locked to members.

[geraineon]

That's a good suggestion. Done!