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Beginning in the mid-2010s and continuing into the 2020s, significant discourse emerged in online fandom spaces around the ethical implications of taboo and abusive content within fanfiction that depicts "shipping", romantic or sexual relationships between characters in fan works. The disagreement primarily centers on the degree to which fictional works depicting such content affect real-world behavior and attitudes. Read more on Wikipedia

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