Originally posted by: InToTheUnknown
Hey all, hope you all are doing well. Dropped in as I wanted closure for something that was bothering me for a very long time now. The thing is, I'm planning to take off a few works I've written in the forum- namely Regrets, The beauty and the beast, Love You my incensed guy etc. I know at least some of you might be gasping and wondering why. I'm coming to it. All these works- they seemed like glorification of the character Siddhant to the teenager Roshni who wrote them. But now looking back, the young woman Roshni doesn't feel anything but pity and disgust to the character and writer both. I've unknowingly wrote something that was too toxic and the dim witted dumbass I was back then, I didn't realize what I was doing. Most of these works are sheer glorifications of patriarchy. Like Regrets, ask me now , I would never want a wife to forgive a husband who was literally indulging in martial rape, became the cause for her abortion and just had the justification of a broken childhood and separated parents. I can't buy it now! Coming to beauty and the beast, though the male glorification isn't that evident, there are few phrases that made me cringe at my own writing. Like the first scene where Siddhant meets Roli- he nearly threatens her of impregnating her - that's such a male ego thing and what cringes me more is that comes from a guy who was a doctor in the past. I seriously don't know what I was even thinking. Furthermore, Siddhant kissing Roli in frustration- yes, back then it felt like wow, so heroic, but now I can't help but fume at my way of thinking. Touching a girl without her consent is - gross. No justifications clearly. Don't even get me started about incensed guy- that's another piece of shit.
I know most of you might be thinking, what's she saying, she only wrote it! I know and I take the responsibility and apologize! Those scenes and might be a lot more of them were toxic. And now that I realize, as a writer im responsible for an apology, to myself and to my readers. I didn't have the brains know it back then but now that I've some (only some as I know,it would take me more years to be refined) I felt this urge to share it with you and apologize alongside asking you guys about taking down those works, if possible. I've been trying to do the same but it didn't help much. Anyone who knows about it more, please do share with me of how to proceed with it. I don't want more people to read the toxicity I had written knowingly or unknowingly. Apologies again folks!
Sorry..but I think I have not read these works of yours as I think it was not completed yet , I preferred to read completed stories of yours specially , because after reading half I can't wait for long and at that time you weren't active so I left it ...but the reason you are saying to take it down I agree with those di ...
And about the process I too don't know..
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