fuckin. need to put my thoughts on this somewhere.
pokepasta isnt inherently weird. if you like buried alive or some shit i truly could not give less of a fuck. the problem arrives when people confuse horror for pure shock value and gore. and thats not inherently problematic even if its not my jam. the TRUE problem comes into play when people insist on only creating gore of the child characters. why are you doing this. it literally can never NOT be weird.
if you are drawing gore of children AS a child, why the fuck are you posting it? children should not be in nsfw spaces and, you guessed it, gore is nsfw. "but its not sexual!" if your boss caught you looking at gore on the job (or maybe even off the job) youd probably be fired. not safe for work. thats what it means. gore is an adult topic and people under 18 should not be posting that shit publicly.
and if you arent a child, then why the fuck do you insist on only drawing gore of children? draw gore of like. i dont know. one of the hundreds of adult characters in pokemon. theres a lot to choose from so get to work.
"but its just fiction!" okay now youre just getting into proship territory. its nsfw content of children. things children should not be engaging in happening to children. if you wanna be a proshipper and draw child gore i cant really stop you youre just gonna do that with your whole chest even though you know its fucked. but half the pokepasta fandom ive seen insists they arent proshippers even though youre pretty much one step away from being one.
in summary reconsider drawing extreme graphic gore of children. draw like. idk. ponies and sunshine. or gore of adults.
and if this still hasnt convinced you get the fuck away from me LMAO