But I'm badly squicked and have thorough objections to shota, so it's not a pairing I get to indulge in reading as much as I would like.

Shota is a touchy subject, no doubt about that. I can and do read shota, but only when it's done in a certain way. That way being: as bad. When a fic shows shota as being wrong, twisted, and ultimately traumatizing (read: realistically) then I can enjoy it, but shota for shota's sake? Nuh uh.

Ironically, I'm trying to write a shota fic at the moment, as a challenge to myself, and I just...can't. I can't get it out. Not unless every few sentences is some thought or comment on how WRONG it is. -.-; Troublesome...