How would you want stories to handle dark and disturbing topics?
Seen some opinions about people just outright disliking a work cause it has themes of rapes or abuse, which i disagree with.
Personally, I'm ok with these topics if they're handled as something traumatizing and not something thats just brushed over or romanticised. By this i mean, the effects of the trauma to be seen throughout the story and not just suddenly disappearing and if the story can, showing the signs of healing.
Idk if this makes me a bad person, i would love to know yalls opinions on this cause i feel like i can understand not wanting to see characters in pain so thus not wanting to include the trauma but i feel like that's just making the story unrealistic, but these works are fictional so atp I'm just fighting the voices in my head haha.
Anyways would love to hear yalls thoughts about this, also if you've got your own answers. I'm willing to change and improve my thoughts too.
no yeah i agree like i think most ppl can definitely see when a topic is done to show a story vs just done for the porn (& sometimes it could be both), people who drops stories solely bc it involves these topics are reasonable for doing so because they’re aware of their own limits which is a good thing but disliking a story full on is just dumb &......
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We need to have dark, disturbing topics because a lot of those things happen irl and it needs to be handled just how it is irl- traumatizing and painful. Dark and disturbing topics in fiction also develop your critical thinking ability imo but it needs to be dealt really well like how the reality of war it and stuff.
To portray pain, you need to sh......
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I loveeee angst, and sometimes I like angst/no comfort
reading someone experiencing trauma and how they handle it (even when they handled it badly) is so interesting.
i don't really like stories that ignore what trauma can do to people, or what experience can be traumatic. it feels unrealistic to me and kinda takes me off from the immersion.
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