According to your logic, it would be comparable to rape

no, i compared it to deepfakes. stop putting words in my mouth.

What matters is the practical effect of your actions

exactly, hence why there’s nothing wrong with imagining someone naked (or masturbating to someone, for that matter), but there is something wrong with writing erotica about real people. even if the subject doesn’t see it, other people will, it’s still non-consensual sexualisation.

it’s far from rape, but its still creepy and wrong.