im so fucking tired of rape thats not addressed/depicted as such. look, I'm a big big big fan of angst and suffering, i like my stories dark and painful, so when theres rape, it usually doesn't bother me, if its depicted correctly. what bothers me is this washed up, rose tinted, lovey dovey version of something that should be treated as the tragedy it is. what was the point of this?? rape can be a meaningful plot device, it can bring something to the story, but if you just put assault into the story without even addressing it as such, then what's the point? its not painful because the victim "actually wants it", it's not guilty because the perpetrator doesn't view it as a bad thing, its not tragic, its not angsty, its not devastating. you draw rape and call it love, to have the audacity to not even address it, to not explain, to not have consequences? what the fuck???? the thing is, every action has consequences. that's how you build a story. why put something in that literally has no point? it won't be talked about, it won't affect the plot, it won't change the characters in any way. its just junk filler, trivialising something that at the very least, should be treated with respect. and I'm going off here, but every fucking author does this and I'm so so so tired. you wanna put rape in your story, fine! I don't care, I might even like it, but god put some weight on it. it is a HEAVY topic. it should be addressed as such. this misunderstanding plot could have had the same impact on the story without the assault, and I'm tired of author taking the easy way out to excuse themselves out of actually thinking their story out.
im so fucking tired of rape thats not addressed/depicted as such.
look, I'm a big big big fan of angst and suffering, i like my stories dark and painful, so when theres rape, it usually doesn't bother me, if its depicted correctly.
what bothers me is this washed up, rose tinted, lovey dovey version of something that should be treated as the tragedy it is. what was the point of this??
rape can be a meaningful plot device, it can bring something to the story, but if you just put assault into the story without even addressing it as such, then what's the point?
its not painful because the victim "actually wants it", it's not guilty because the perpetrator doesn't view it as a bad thing, its not tragic, its not angsty, its not devastating. you draw rape and call it love, to have the audacity to not even address it, to not explain, to not have consequences? what the fuck????
the thing is, every action has consequences. that's how you build a story. why put something in that literally has no point? it won't be talked about, it won't affect the plot, it won't change the characters in any way. its just junk filler, trivialising something that at the very least, should be treated with respect.
and I'm going off here, but every fucking author does this and I'm so so so tired.
you wanna put rape in your story, fine! I don't care, I might even like it, but god put some weight on it. it is a HEAVY topic. it should be addressed as such.
this misunderstanding plot could have had the same impact on the story without the assault, and I'm tired of author taking the easy way out to excuse themselves out of actually thinking their story out.