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| Topic | new anime Goblin Slayer triggering a lot of people *POSSIBLE SPOILERS* |
| Anteaterking 10/10/18 12:48:49 PM #125: | SubtletyRefuge posted... Are there anyone who's getting into this show because it showed rape? There's almost always multiple reasons someone watches something, but I'm sure its willingness to depict rape is definitely a reason some people have gotten into it for. "I want to watch this show because it's willing to depict rape" is weird, I'm sorry. SubtletyRefuge posted... If you're going to go that route, rape has always been a narrative device, sometimes gratuitously since Greek mythology. You keep doing this thing where you respond to what I say ignoring what I was responding to. You just said "people wouldn't have thought slasher films were acceptable!" and I'm telling you they did. SubtletyRefuge posted... The daughter's rape is what fueled the guy in death wish to do what he does. Odysseus's motivation for his journey is his wife getting raped. I spit on your grave's MC completely changes after her rape. These are all pivotal moments in a narrative. The only thing it can't do that death can is end their plot lines but if the rape puts them into a coma, psychologically breaks them into insanity, or just completely leave the setting it can I'm not claiming it can't be done or that it hasn't been done well in the past. Just that in general it's weaker as a narrative element. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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