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151 points danso | 2 comments | 05 Jul 25 02:23 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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12_throw_away ◴[05 Jul 25 06:34 UTC] No.44470550[source]▶
For anyone who feels like looking up exactly what this bookmark was pointing to: I did, and very much wish I hadn't!
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eknkc ◴[05 Jul 25 08:09 UTC] No.44470988[source]▶
What in the name of fuck
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heavensteeth ◴[05 Jul 25 10:54 UTC] No.44471800[source]▶
I ask in complete earnest: is that your honest reaction to seeing it, or did you hype it up for your comment? Personally very little could evoke that kind of reaction from me. Maybe a little, "oh, that's an interesting thing to be turned on by" but for the most part, who cares?
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1. Freak_NL ◴[05 Jul 25 13:15 UTC] No.44472598{3}[source]▶
I mean, it's fiction. If a writer can't explore the depths of human behaviour there, then where?

The only uncomfortable thing there are the explicit references to Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. I do take exception to using real people in fiction if you proceed to heap abuse on the characters which you model on those celebrities. (The story seems to use only the given names, but the tagging makes the link explicit.)

Obviously, you can refer to real world famous people in fiction — it would be silly to write a book about 2025 America and not mention that the president is Trump if it includes political themes — but there are limits.

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2. rsynnott ◴[05 Jul 25 18:51 UTC] No.44474707[source]▶
AIUI AO3 has an “anything not literally illegal goes, as long as it’s fanfic” policy, so does get a certain amount of this sort of thing.