it requires delicate handling, i think, to make rape in fiction "work." even talented writers can very easily fumble it. it's not a matter of me thinking the people working on this game are "hacks" or bad writers or whatever, it's a matter of taking a super touchy issue like rape and handling it properly. like i said, that's difficult for anybody.
This. It's the same way with trying to describe a personal murder (i. e. not your average fantasy battle but a one to one affair). You'd have to write very competently to wring the right emotions out of your audience because they're likely desensitized to violence. You'd have to write very competently to wring the right emotions out of your audience with rape too, because they are *not* desensitized to it.
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Twostuck, Homestuck RPG: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/62168402