This has really been crawling under my skin for some time now... But I never said anything because honestly... I just didn't know how to say it...

Well, bluntly, here it goes:

Stop telling writers what they can and cannot post. I've heard a lot from not only my friends here, but other writers around who are scared to post their stories because they're afraid they will get attacked.

And the most common I see people get attacked for is TW stories.

Yes sure, some stories you might come across as disturbing for whatever reason, but you do understand we are all different people right? We all have different imaginations. Some people like weird, screwed up things (e.g victim falling in love with their r*pist). YES. There are people who actually enjoy reading and writing that kind of stuff. That doesn't make them a ty person, and you shouldn't report their stories just because you're uncomfortable with the idea. ESPECIALLY if you were warned. Just click away.

I even once knew this person who fantasized of being forced into s*x. Everyone called her sick, but eventually, so many people came out told her they felt the same way. Even actual victims of r*pe. And I swear on my life I am not making this up. People have different tastes. Just look on the internet it you dont believe me

Do you have to like it? Of course not! You're entitled to your beliefs and opinions, but for peets sake what good does it do to shove it down peoples throats? Not everyone is going to like that same things as you do!

Another reason is simply age.

I mean come on. Don't sit there and act like you were the perfect writer when you only started... In fact, I will admit I wrote some pretty screwed up things in the past. I just didn't understand what I was writing. I didn't care about what people thought. I just rated it and kept writing, because I liked to update my stories.

And then these same people have the nerve to complain about cliches.

There is nothing wrong with cliches.

In fact, almost everything we write about are cliches.

Take Death Note for example (since I'm sure we've all seen that anime): when it comes to the core, it is literally just as simple as a dude writing a name in a special notebook, so he can kill people.

It is the characters, the setting, the development, the literature, the emotion, the ART that makes it unique.

Being insane is another cliche.

But it's how you tell your readers about the characters insanity that makes everything interesting.

Mary sues.

Bad boys.

Why can't you just click away? No one said you had to like it.

How are you going to limit someone's imagination because they have different tastes than you, or just don't know better yet? Do you have any idea how that can impact a writer? You are literally silencing them by attacking them like that. You are not letting them express themselves.

And honestly, I think this is the reason why so many people on here experience writer's block. Because they try to be perfect for everyone. Because they're too focused on their sub count an upvotes.

END RANT.