I am so sick and tired of seeing people support stories that clearly portray unhealthy relationships.
And I am not talking about stories that their point is to show toxic relationships to inform readers in an educational way.
No, I am talking about the sickening psychopaths,gang leaders, that abuse,kidnap, manipulate, and blackmail the characters and because they show a “cute” side or they are nice for one scene after 40+ chapters are considered sweathearts.
I am tired of arguing with 10year olds that try to come at me with facts like " but she stayed" , “but he changed”. Do I care if he changed after 50 chapters? No.
If anyone supports disgusting relationships or mentally draining ones, should go and educate themselves because these relationships happen in real life, and are horrible.
At this point, I won’t even let it be an opinion. If you support relationships like this when you KNOW they are toxic then I can’t.
I once read a story, and I did not understand it was toxic since I had seen many stories that featured those type of things, but the author made it crystal clear that it was a poisonous relationship.
From now in I have focused on every detail of a story.
I do sound dramatic, but people can be seriously affected by stories like this and actually try to pursue relationships like this.
Agreed. Thee stories shouldn’t be there.
Thank you.
I couldn’t agree more.
Anyone that finds toxic relationships attractive seriously needs to get help!
I think it’s because the media has had a long history of romanticizing bad boys ever since the days of the Old Hollywood Musical.
Perhaps subconsciously, we as a society have picked up on this. It’s become ingrained in our mind to think gang leaders, and psychopaths are attractive.
Also, these adults on Episode are bringing their mature fantasies into their story with an audience of literal children. They do very little to adapt their story to fit the audience.
None the matter, it needs to stop. There are certain things children should be exposed to while their brains are still developing and it’s not the mafia or drug dealers.
Authors that write toxic characters most likely struggle with character development and realistic human traits. So many authors are used to writing disrespectful gang leaders and bad boys that they’ve forgotten most of these characters are considered unacceptable and abusive in our society.
Agree these stories aren’t right. Some of these stories are influences on younger readers and the wrong story themes and too much violence will set the wrong example for them.
I hate that too, but…You have to understand this stuff happens in real life. Toxic relationships, and people will stay, on and off on and off.
I think they get some sort of thrill from writing about relationships that are forbidden or wrong lol
All my stories start with something sad happening but the guy bad or good ending up the hero not the villain.
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I get that.
I made it clear that I don’t support stories that romanticize abusive relationships just because they think it’s hot. The only reason you should create stories that talk about toxic relationships is to inform and educate others on it.
But the stories I am talking about romanticize it.
Agree!
Totally true.
My first story is coming out soon and yes it’s mafia based, but the villian isn’t the mafia
The main characters
Antonio Fernandez is Le Leone gang leader, but he’s not cool, he’s troubled and protective
Stella Mickalais is not weak or vulnerable, she’s the opposite to that
They are the opposite to what most main characters in mafia stories are protrayed as
I think toxic relationships are a good thing to include in a story, if they portray it right. If not it comes across as seeming as if that they abuser(s) is doing this because of love and it’s disgusting and sends a bad message towards majority of users who use Episode below a certain age.
Exactly.
These stories are the one that I do not support.
I am always open to stories that depict serious issues but if they arent glamorizing it or romanticizing it.
I think it’s because even in real life many teenage girls fall in love with “bad boys” because they are soooo mysterious and hot. At that time I wasn’t really attracted to nice guys either, but if it had turned out that my crush/boyfriend was a sociopath or was in a gang lol, I would have called the police for sure. It’s very concerning to see that these relationships are romanticized, and the fact that they are so popular makes me worried that young girls don’t really mind to be abused and manipulated as long as the guy is hot and rich.
Also, if being hot and rich is so important, it still doesn’t have to be concentrated on mafia members. Why no one is writing a story about a “successful nerd”, like a software developer, an engineer or a mathematician? Unlike the stereotypes, they are not necessarily fat, ugly people with huge glasses, acnes and horrible taste in fashion. They can be hot and rich as well, just saying.