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Guys people are rightfully shocked or put off by unexpected rape when the reason it was unexpected was because the author had disclaimers there wouldn't be any.
trying to say “if you dont like dark themes, get out of here” you are genuinely undermining the nuance to the reason as to WHY people are feeling this way because you personally don't care.
You can read darker themes (where this stuff is meant to be distressing/their backstory/taken seriously/phycological and its SUPPOSED to be upsetting and uncomfortable for an actual reason) and still feel this is unexpected (like myself!!) because we are actively being told there wouldn't be any of this, and so you don’t apply such themes to their relationship.
So when they suddenly happen, and you see the character you've grown attached to get raped by the other character you like to the point they throw up and obviously hate it, well no shit people are going to be feeling confused!
Because they were made to believe such things wouldn't be in here despite the other dark themes, (yes, you can have dark themes, or imply those themes without said disturbing things happening) or the author doesn't see it as rape.