I've been seriously ill for quite some time... but came back to the odd commentary here & there about sims stories featuring some very graphic depiction of disturbing content? IDK what all went down, and that's okay, I don't need to, but what I do want to say is: 1/ - ThreadSky

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kikiiplays.bsky.social • 9 days ago

I've been seriously ill for quite some time... but came back to the odd commentary here & there about sims stories featuring some very graphic depiction of disturbing content? IDK what all went down, and that's okay, I don't need to, but what I do want to say is: 1/

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kikiiplays.bsky.social•9 days ago

I believe (good) storytelling requires conflict (and conflict resolution). I believe that "trauma" as a term is actually a very broad one, and that positive experiences AND traumas shape people, impact personalities, and are part of the "drive" of stories... 2/

kikiiplays.bsky.social•9 days ago

... but there are ways and means to tell a story, even one that involves traumatic events, w/o resorting to getting into the explicitly graphic and gory details. And it's certainly not necessary for storytelling purposes to involve visual depictions of those types of details. 3/

kikiiplays.bsky.social•9 days ago

And from an artistic standpoint, even, sometimes leaving the reader to draw their own conclusions about the severity is viable, not only in terms of how far their imaginations go, but also in terms of where their imaginations will *safely* take them, too. (Hope I'm making sense here). 4/

kikiiplays.bsky.social•9 days ago

I guess, what I'm saying in short is just this: a) always, always, always provide content warnings if possible, and b) sometimes alluding to traumatic events is equally or more effective than describing them explicitly and uh... the last bit, might be a doozy but... c) ... 5/

kikiiplays.bsky.social•9 days ago

... perhaps consider that in sharing explicit and gory details of traumatic events in your stories may only "feed" the desires of some individuals, and maybe you don't need to do that. Maybe some things aren't worth "feeding." 6/6

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