The problem of rape in fiction isn’t rape itself, it’s the romantization and naturalization it often comes with. It’s okay to have rape as long as the character who was raped suffer from all the trauma it causes. But it’s not okay if the rape ends up being their close up event and makes them fall for each other and live happy ever after. An......
2019-01-10 19:03 marked
I have no problem with an author exploring the effects of a traumatic event on a character, rape being one of them. What I DO have a problem with is that I can only name two BL works that actually do that. Either the rape is played completely for fanservice and never actually referred to as rape even though one partner was repeatedly telling the o......
2019-01-10 01:03 marked
Thoughts about rape in fiction?