u/Blackshooks

I only recently watched the documentary "Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist"

Its about a preformist artist from the 90's who suffered from cystic fibrosis. Its about a man who fought his sickness with "sick" (BDSM). Turning pain into pleasure wherever he could. Its weird and compelling and you see him nail an actual nail through his penis.

I cried at the end during this poem which caps off the film, since Bob himself demanded the documentary only ended when he finally died.. The full doc is on YouTube and I deeply reccomend.

Not only have I seen an uptick in placeholders, fic searches/requests,, but I even saw a post like this. Trying to rally a fandom around a point they were trying to make.

A reddit post.

On A03.

Heinous behavior if you ask me.

Not people who dislike or don't read horror (its genuinely not for everyone). Just the folks who say stuff like: "Oh no! Words! I'm so scared!" kiddingly.

People who can't find something disturbing or scary because its just words feel so disingenuous to me. Honestly the most harrowing part of any EH book I read is if I find a character that I can empathize or sympathize with and seeing what they go through.

The crux is I can understand not wanting to engage in extreme situations but acting like they shouldn't affect someone is wrong.