Latent Desires

Here’s a blogger who wants to see fictional characters in media have consanguineous relationships. There does seem to be a lot of fan fiction that involves consanguineous love and sex. To me, this seems to be an indication that a lot of people, on some level, are interested in the idea. It is “safe” for them to explore it in fiction, so that’s where they do it. This is not to say that everyone who reads or writes fiction with such elements wants to engage in such a relationship themselves. But I do think more people are open to, even excited by, the idea, than some commentators would have us believe.