its not controversial at all, and a lot of stories are set in that time period because of how influential and polarised it was, which makes it a good setting to explore ideas. but what’s the point of writing a story specifically based on ww2 if you’re not going to engage with it politically? even the choice not to add explicit political commentary is a political choice in itself, so i’d say personally if you want to write a story in that setting, it would only benefit from you as the author engaging with the politics and sociocultural dynamics of the time and place you’re writing in. there’s so many angles you could approach from no matter where in the world your story is set, because that war was so influential in shaping pretty much the course of the entire world. no matter what you write, by default there are gonna be overt political connotations just by virtue of the time period, so you might as well think about the message you want to convey by situating your story in the ww2 context
I mean as long as its not like, weirdly pro axis or sympathetic sure
To write a story based on setting world war 2? I will keep it history accurate, with no opinionated commentary besides the characters themselves.
I think there was a BL story here somewhere, forgot the title, it includes a Japanese man with traditional family who fell in love with an American soldier or something.
It was short and nice, a bit inspired to write because of that. I also enjoy reading history and know of the very atrocious parts of history like Unit 731, etc. I wouldn’t write a story if I don’t know what I need to know.
It wouldn’t be a happy ending to be exact. I do like it when readers crave for more and are left on an open ending.