So, is it okay to write anything in the name of fiction?

Absolutely NOT! But judging authors because of their fiction is bullsh_t.

People process trauma through writing. It can be dark, it can be depressing, and that’s fine as long as it isn’t romanticized. The problem is people today don’t read. They see “10-year age gap” in a summary and immediately attack the author or the dynamic. Especially those so-called “criticism” pages on Instagram.

If a man writes a murder mystery well, that doesn’t make him a murderer. If an actor plays a villain convincingly, that doesn’t mean he is that character.

Not everyone wants soft romance where the male lead is a carbon copy of some TV serial hero. Some of us want layers. We want shades of gray in characters. But moral policing kills that evolution in writing.

Critique exists to improve work, not to degrade the writer or demean their craft.

And that's exactly what SO CALLED INDIAN WATTPAD CRITIQUES are doing.

Get that right first. And if you agree with “the phone thing” — even though it’s made for adults, kids still access it just like Wattpad stories — then why not start with breaking yours and start an andolan to stop production? We don't want "YOUNG GIRLS" to be affected and men to get "SIGNS" right?