As I said, I’m perfectly willing to consider the fact that the stuff that I write is inherently problematic in a variety of ways–in all honesty, that’s pretty much what I believe. That said, (a) I don’t think the harm caused by these stories is particularly sizable in scope or damage, and (b) sex itself is pretty problematic in any number of ways, so I’m not entirely sure what a just sexual politics would look like (what I can say, is that it wouldn’t look like the stories I write.)

I just try to be up front about it. These are horror stories, at heart–that’s where I draw most of my inspiration. Most of these stories involve stereotypes, but that’s not even the worst aspect of what I write here. Most of these stories involve mental snuff–that is, the mental life of a character dies in pretty much every single one of these stories. Most of these stories are rape stories–that is, the plot revolves around various forms of non-consensual sex. But they’re also fantasy, and I’m pretty sure everyone who reads them (alright, let’s say 99%, because I get some crazy messages on occasion) knows that they aren’t real, and further, aren’t at all meant to reflect reality, either ideally or practically. 

So that’s the somewhat comfortable ethical ground I’ve staked out around this issue. It isn’t perfect, but I can bite the bullet.

No–If I’ve reduced you to tired old memes, then I’ve won.

I even put a tl;dr at the end just for you–just how lazy are you, troll? As I said before, try harder.

I mean, you come at me and don’t expect to receive a massive text wall of reasoned argumentation in return just for fun? Who the fuck do you think you’re dealing with exactly? If you can’t keep up, then don’t play the game.

Not really, no. I don’t have anything extreme enough in my collections. Give your imagination a workout! I can’t do everything for you!

Well sure, that’s granted. Just in case anyone other there read my story and somehow actually thought Russians didn’t have access to the internet, allow me to be perfectly clear: in the real world, it’s true both that a) there are no brainwashed Russian soldiers infiltrating America, and b) people living in Russia have a perfectly fine standard of living, including internet access. 

But since we’re going to talk about defined, expected elements of particular genres, let me point out the fact that, like it or not, the TF genre here trades in stereotypes. This isn’t to say that all TF stories *necessarily* involve stereotypes, because that would be ludicrous–but rather, a massive chunk of people aren’t interested in this genre because they fantasize about being another particular person, but rather they fantasize about characters (themselves or others) becoming one of any number of archetypes and stereotypes. That is, the stereotype *is* the fetish.

As a different example of this, obviously not all rednecks are dumb, backwoods hicks, fucking pigs and drinking moonshine. *But* a good number of people like the idea of becoming an exemplar (either by force or not) of that stereotype. Or, at least they do, judging by the notes I get on my posts. The same could be said for every ‘Twink’, ‘Bro’, ‘Nerd’, ‘Bear’, ‘Daddy’, ‘Black’, ‘Asian’, ‘Gymrat’ and ‘Slob’ story out there. All of these are stereotypes and archetypes, all of these stories which feature them slander and mock the categories they’re featuring to one extent or another. Further, it’s alright to be more bothered by some than others! But it’s a little strange to get your knickers in a twist over one stupid archetype, while ignoring the fact that the fundamentals of this genre guarantee that you can’t throw a rock around here without hitting some stupid characterization as dumb as this one, including many much more egregious ones that I’ve written myself. I could link you too them, but this post would be fifty times longer.

We can get into long discussions about whether the nature of this fetish is unethical/problematic/indicative of privilege/etc. some other time, and those are good conversations to have and consider. We can have that talk at the same time we’re considering the fact that, essentially every mind control story is functionally a rape fantasy. Personally, I think readers are smart enough to figure out that these stories are meant as utter fantasy and are politically and factually shallow–that is, I’m not trying to make any deep factual claims or assign a truth value to these stereotypes in these stories, and that generally, they only exist to get you off without much further thought or consideration regarding their factual accuracy or consistency. 

If this really bothers you, then I’d suggest not reading stories in this genre? Especially not mine? This probably isn’t your fetish, and that’s all fine–it’s a pretty small niche. But this shit isn’t supposed to be taken in any sort of serious fashion, and your desire to assign it some sort of deep political and cultural weight just seems ludicrous to me, especially regarding these captions, which are really just the equivalent of an artist’s doodle or sketch. 

So, when I said ‘Try Harder,’ what I meant was that maybe you could be exerting your energy in a slightly more productive fashion? Or, at the very least, you could try harder to understand some of the deeper context surrounding these stories, why they’re all rather fucked politically and socially, before moaning about the unfairness of cultural stereotyping? 

tl;dr, I’ll bite that bullet. It’s small, sugar coated, and I have an iron deficiency.

Glad you’re liking them! There’s more to come, I assure you.

….No? 

I mean, judging from the number of porn sites that end in .ru, that would be kind of ridiculous.

So is the idea that Russia is sending brainwashed and bodyswapped Russian spies undercover to infiltrate American society???

I mean, unless you know something about that. What I’m trying to say is that “Russians do too have the internets!” is an odd factual hill to die on here in the broader context.

That is, you’re being silly, little troll.

Because the drug they’re supplying can be used by anyone to turn someone into what they want? The MacGuffin is open-ended here. 

More importantly, why are you expecting worldbuilding consistency from an author who generally shuns that style of writing? That’s not what I deliver. If you need seamless worlds to jack your junk, go check some other porn blog I guess?

I’m going to go out on a limb and guess you are looking for “Underwear Trade Network”, Part 1 and Part 2. Your confusion and inability to find them, probably has to do with the fact that, since posting that, I started posting all of my caption stories over on a secondary blog, but these are in the archive of my primary blog. In any case, nothing was deleted that I know of–if these aren’t the stories you’re looking for, let me know some more details, and I’ll dig around some more.

Someone really should get around to organizing that archive someday…