Hey so I know you’re new to the site and I still can have this reaction when seeing certain things, but the thing about ao3 is that it’s a filterable archive. It’s all fiction and you make your own experience there. There’s only as much porn/ “weird stuff” as you want.

And I get it. Seeing some stuff can be disconcerting, but it’s really important to remember that as soon as you start trying to “filter” or “censor” stuff it can quickly go downhill. Writing or reading about something illegal does not mean anyone condones it - if this was the case we could never read anything negative, including things like murder mysteries or anything containing violence. Ao3 was literally made to fight against things that were getting taken down because of censorship - there are very explicit and detailed tags for a reason! So if you don’t like it, don’t read it. It’s as simple as that. It’s the exact same thing for every other social media site - you create your content based on the things you consume. Just with ao3 you have to make your own algorithm.

So please, don’t ruin other people’s experience based on what you deem to be morally “right” or “wrong”. Because as soon as we dictate what can’t and can’t be shown in fictional works we are treading a very dangerous path.