Musk will light your taxes on fire. Obama was huge on deportation. Kamala is a gun owner. OK, why won’t you vote for Kamala then? “I just don’t like her. She laughs weird.” I couldn’t believe it, but it shouldn’t shock me. How do you even keep going after that?

Half the country still supports this insanity?

The problem I see is in popular works of fiction, the scenarios seem too specific. Racism, rape, torture, whatever… they all start to come off as weird sorts of validation, wish fulfillment, or cheap shock content. Instead of satisfying a role in the plot, it subtracts from the immersion because you’re wondering if the author is into vore or whatever.

I think it’s good to have an outlet for these sorts of things. I just think it’s less about freedom of expression and more and audience reach, i.e., they didn’t get dark because it limits the demographic.