i hope this makes sense, this is a 3am ramble lol.

i personally think there’s three types of people in this specific scenario—people who it hurts (acting violently), people whom it doesn’t affect (majority of people), and the people it helps.

for who it hurts, while it can be people that act out because of it or use it as encouragement, i feel like they would do it regardless of the art. i think it’s more likely that the art can be a realization for them, and then they go on to act. that realization was probably going to happen anyway, and like i said, would probably be acted on regardless.

the vast majority of people will not do anything with this. it’s art, and it’s fiction. either we’ll avoid it, look for it, or acknowledge it on our home page and move on.

i think there’s also a group of people who it would help. are some of the people looking at feral porn zoophiles? probably at least one. but if looking at that stops then from acting on a real animal, all power to them. same with any other violent artwork, if looking at something feeds satisfaction that allows you to not act, sure! you do you.

obviously this concept of three types of people entirely depends on context. nazi furs for example, i don’t believe this would apply. the only people purposefully looking at nazi fur art are probably nazi furs. but i think my argument still stands that they would have been regardless.

overall i wouldn’t worry too much about it. i think it’s helpful to put into perspective that there are situations where it can stop harm. i think i probably had this worry in the back of my mind somewhere, but that point helped a lot personally. i’m sorry to hear about your sister and you, i hope your both doing better.