I've had the opposite happen, actually. As I've gotten older and my life experience influences my world view, I've started to accept more things in what I read. To use your example, I didn't used to read threesome/moresome fic because I have a very ingrained sense of OTP-ness that didn't used to allow for additions of any kind. Once I'd actually experienced a threesome for myself, I gained more understanding of how they work, at least with a casual third, so I began to read those types of stories because they ceased being threatening to my OTPness.
As you know from my incest post, RL incest is not objectionable to me as long as it's between consensual adults. It might squick me and I wouldn't want the details (the het versions) but otherwise it would be none of my business.
I do, however, have things that I like/accept in fanfic that I don't condone in real life. One of the things that I like about reading as opposed to watching is that I can run the events through my own personal filter. While I certainly enjoy watching porn when I'm in the mood for it, reading it is more enjoyable to me because it's "cleaner." In my mind, there's no mess or weirdness and any detail I don't like I can sort of skim over and not really register it as part of the experience. It's the same with other aspects of fic, in my case non-con or extreme "whump."
I don't like violence for its own sake, but I am a total sucker for hurt/comfort fic and in that context violence/non-con provides a very emotional hurt factor that can lead to even more emotional comfort, and for me, emotion in everything in fic. It's why I read it. Plus that handy filter in my head keeps the mental pictures/sounds in check enough that while I "feel" the hurt, it's kept on the surface and doesn't give me nightmares. I can't watch violence like I can read it -- that Sheppard whump vid everyone was squeeing over? I stopped watching after the first minute -- and I most certainly do NOT condone assault or rape in real life.
Then there's the stuff I like in fic that can't really happen in real life, but that's a different topic altogether.
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As you know from my incest post, RL incest is not objectionable to me as long as it's between consensual adults. It might squick me and I wouldn't want the details (the het versions) but otherwise it would be none of my business.
I do, however, have things that I like/accept in fanfic that I don't condone in real life. One of the things that I like about reading as opposed to watching is that I can run the events through my own personal filter. While I certainly enjoy watching porn when I'm in the mood for it, reading it is more enjoyable to me because it's "cleaner." In my mind, there's no mess or weirdness and any detail I don't like I can sort of skim over and not really register it as part of the experience. It's the same with other aspects of fic, in my case non-con or extreme "whump."
I don't like violence for its own sake, but I am a total sucker for hurt/comfort fic and in that context violence/non-con provides a very emotional hurt factor that can lead to even more emotional comfort, and for me, emotion in everything in fic. It's why I read it. Plus that handy filter in my head keeps the mental pictures/sounds in check enough that while I "feel" the hurt, it's kept on the surface and doesn't give me nightmares. I can't watch violence like I can read it -- that Sheppard whump vid everyone was squeeing over? I stopped watching after the first minute -- and I most certainly do NOT condone assault or rape in real life.
Then there's the stuff I like in fic that can't really happen in real life, but that's a different topic altogether.