no offence, but you love yanderes yet think stepsibling romance/calling MC "sis" is whats creepy? that's very hypocritical, they're not even related
I don’t think it’s particularly hypocritical cos everyone finds different things creepy x3 Aside from that, I do also find yanderes creepy, haha. It’s just that they also have traits that I admire, like their loyalty and devotion.
It could potentially be a cultural thing cos there can’t be much wrong with the stepsibling romance trope in Japan since I’ve seen it in various kinds of Japanese media, but where I live, even though they’re not technically related, it would still be looked upon as practically incest >.< It’s not like it would be illegal or anything, but it would make most people uncomfortable.
On top of that, I’ve had negative experiences in my personal life of being abused by someone who was supposed to be an older brother-type figure when I had to live with him and his mum, so when I do see stuff like that in Japanese media, while I wouldn’t say I find it especially triggering, it does make me feel a bit ill >.< I don’t personally enjoy the trope or that kind of content.
Actually, I don’t even particularly like the first Yandere Heaven CD in general, not just cos of the stepsibling stuff, but the school setting too xD I find school settings so boring. The problem is, I do like the Yandere Heaven series as a whole because it’s one of the first pieces of media that got me into yandere characters.
Most people would probably skip the CDs they don’t like so much, but I guess maybe because of my autism, I always feel like I have to do things in order and complete sets x3 So even though I don’t actually like the scenario in CD 01, I still made the volume 01 localisation for the sake of going in order of the series, haha.
And as a side note, I also only like yandere stuff in fiction, and even then, I’m quite picky nowadays x3 The types of yandere characters in the Yandere Heaven drama CDs wouldn’t be the types of yandere characters that I actually like nowadays as I have consumed much more yandere content since then. I know a lot of people are into the types that are quite bloody and violent, but I only really like the ones who genuinely love the protagonist. If it’s all just abuse and stuff, I’m not interested these days.
I know some people seem to actually like or seek out yandere behaviour in reality, but I’ve been abused by people far too many times to ever want that. There’s a huuuuge difference between fantasy and reality, and in reality, abuse is horrific.
But yeah, in fiction, there’s a lot I avoid reading or writing about because it’s just not my cup of tea. Stepsibling romance is just one of those things. I also find the whole popular childhood friend romance trope really offputting, haha. It seems to come up a lot in otome games, and it’s always my least favourite route that I have to force myself through for the sake of completion. I just wouldn’t want to have a romance with someone who was like family to me whether that be a close friend or a stepsibling >.<
Funnily enough, even though I might be creeped out by stepsibling romance in media, if I came across it in reality, I’d just be happy for the people involved cos it’s not my business, and they should do whatever makes them happy! :3