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read as: "i cannot separate fiction from reality"

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lots of people use fiction as a way to escape reality. they know it's fiction, but it's a way to forget about real life for a bit. i don't expect all of my fiction to be sunshine and rainbows. but when a lot of the choices on network tv for adults are RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES procedurals/dramas, gritty grimdark shows that are allergic to daylight, superhero vigilantes, antiheroes etc. i can see how someone might get tired of seeing shitty people all over the news, then turning on a tv show and seeing more of the same, except you're expected to sympathize and empathize with the people doing awful things because they're the protagonists.

ofc the solution is to watch something else, but sometimes it's not easy to find something one might find more palatable- see my point above about grimdark oversaturation.

Read this and also above: probably reasons why I love steven universe

Thank you. This is exactly why I asked. TV time is an escape for me, but it's become less enjoyable because I see so many ripped from the headlines plots. After a shooting close to my area I think I'm allowed to decide my own comfort levels on this, and I am no longer comfortable seeing this sort of thing in media and being expected to empathize with a cop beating a man against a wall for a confession.

I am well aware most of it is fictional, but some of it is based on reality, and “The following story is fictional. No actual person or event was depicted” is bullshit.

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