Concept: we don’t shy away from talking about the final fantasy house and other cult environments because whether the ‘kin communities and soulbonding communities want to face it or not, this is a very real recurring issue in our spaces. I’m disgusted that we’d shy away from it. All that does is let abuse be brushed under the rug and enable it to happen more via ignorance.
As someone who was DIRECTLY TOLD NOT TO REFERENCE THE FF7 HOUSE when I used it as an example of what not to do when interacting with other physical members of the community, I second this. You cannot prevent abuse by ignoring a major incident just because the wrong parts were sensationalized.
If anybody would like to fill us in on what these two are talking about, that would be fab. Thanks in advance.
-Koschei
The FF7 House is a semi-famous example of abusive people luring victims by using soulbonding and past lives / the concept of fictionkin to manipulate them. @ranthimi probably has some good links.
The whole sad saga – http://www.demon-sushi.com/warning/index2.html
Think tumblrkin, but gone so wrong. Dangerously so.
I’m gonna reblog to archive, and I’ll read it later when I have the time. Community history’s important, even the nasty parts of it, so we don’t repeat any of that.
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