/lit/ - Literature

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That's all to say, putting ourselves out there is the only thing we can do. If we're lucky enough to amass an audience or have anybody view our work, whether we're overwhelmingly hailed as a genius or an abusive disgusting creepy sex freak is ultimately determined by forces far beyond our control. There are things we can do lessen the blow, if we're self-aware, we can sanitize ourselves and our output. We can pay close attention to see what general audiences are receptive to and willing to accept at a current period of time. Like using the Game of Thrones shows as a metric. I'm not watching the new one but let's say there's incest in it, I wouldn't know. Maybe in 2011 audiences could accept a bit of rape and incest. Maybe in 2022 audiences are willing to accept a little incest but rape is completely off the table. So self-censorship it is then, if we want to appease, if we don't want to broadcast ourselves outwardly to the world as misogynistic perverts for the rest of our lives. It's kind of a moral issue. We're on 4chan so its safe to assume you're a horrible person, right? Or at least not socially acceptable. But are you evil by your own standards? Do you care what people think about you when you're no longer anonymous? The panel I'm posting right now is cropped from an /ss/ doujin. Shotacon isn't even allowed to be posted on 4chan, you think I want the whole world to know I get off to older women raping little boys? I'm so enormously thankful for the people who draw it but I could never bring myself to draw it myself.

I got massively off-topic there. I'm not advocating self-censorship, I'm just saying its an option. And that the fear of being deeply and personally criticized may be a moral one. There's also the fact we live in a post-lolcow society. That anon in the thread you made brought up Joyce, Dostoevsky, Daniel Johnston, Tarantino, and John Lennon as evidence to the contrary in regards to making personal and weird art. They then contradict their argument by dismissing Neil Breen and Chris-Chan. James Healy also comes to mind. You can put your art out there, as an amateur, and be mocked, harassed, and derided for it just because. The internet can be pretty cruel and uncaring.

I never read that Murnane short you mentioned and I'm never going to but that guy's review reminded of a pretty shitty comic I read called "My Inner Bimbo". I even story-timed it on /co/ a few months ago. It's unofficially semi-autobiographical but gets so intimate and up its own ass the initial concept stop being fun or interesting by the middle of issue 2. After that, the concept is all but abandoned and its just the author working out his issues. Still, that's not to say admonished should be admonished because people regard that comic has merit too. It's just always a risk. Entertainment, self-expression, and the combination of the two. I'm so tired. Goodnight.