Why I dislike MLC

[apollinav]

Yes, I'm aware that I'm being a hipocrite.  Thank you.  I've just finished posting Ch 61 of my MLC Fic.

MLC for some girls out there is real.  There's nothing glorious about forced marriage.  A lot of MLCs romanticise them - not to knock any particular author.  MLC is fiction.  This is real life.  Big difference.  I get it.

But this still bothers me.  

And I'm not going to listen to 'cultural sensitivity issues' bullcrap - I don't care that it's a cultural practice.   According to my values, it's morally wrong.

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5815E920090902?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&rpc=69

Comments

[teshara.livejournal.com]

I know Chelleybean was kind of regretful she made that challenge :D
It was originally supposed to be sitcom or Bollywood-ish but it evolved like crazy and only about 10 fics made the final cut for kudos. (It was sort of a contest at the time that spiraled out of control.)
It seems to me that a lot of HG/SS stories were way more diverse before MLC. If you do a reverse date look up on ff.net for SS/HG you'll see what I mean.
I like the fics more where they aren't forced to have sex. Personally, I don't see Severus being able to get an erection on the fly for a girl he can't stand. They read like rape-by-the-state or non-con-in-disguise fic to me and it makes me wince when that isn't even addressed.

[apollinav.livejournal.com]

That is interesting. I had no idea. I haven't been around that long, so it's fascinating to hear. Thank you for that perspective.

[slytherinlaurel.livejournal.com]

It was Chelleybean that made the original challenge?? Wow. I totally didn't remember that.

[teshara.livejournal.com]

the only remember is because that was my nickname in college and I was kind of surprised to meet another :D