Reddit reviews Praé

Oh boy I can tell you right not that you aren't going to make a lot of friends with this rant trust me. My opinions?

>If that is your argument that I propose this to you: Why is it "cheap"? Rape is a touchy subject for many people that often makes them heavily empathize or sympathize, in some cases, with said character that rape happened to. Why would the author default to something like "murder" which is so watered down by popular media that it happens even in children's movies? Why would the author default to something forgettable that DOESN'T grip at your heartstrings? Rape is a good way to build a rapport between the victim and the audience because it is something so invoking of emotion, why is it "cheap" for the author to try to make you feel? This also applies to killing puppies and animals in movies to make you feel. If the author is trying to make you sad and they succeed at making you sad, then they've accomplished what they set out to do.
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>We don't remember stories that only ever do the bare minimum to make us feel, we remember the stories that take us on emotional rollercoasters or make us really reflect on or pity the characters put in terrible situations.
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>Also, this is a stupid point as you don't get to decide what is necessary to the narrative of the story, if the author feels that it is necessary to the narrative/the story they want to tell then it is. Stories are in and of themselves unecessary. What you can criticize the story for are the results. For example, if the rape only serves to worsen the narrative, then you can criticize the story.

Only unneeded unless the story is built to tackle the issue. I'm going to show you an example of how these two segments are done absolutely wrong by a hack of a writer.

>>Praé was placed in chains and shackles and was forced to live in the bounds of his basement. He would go on to abuse her, stalk her and rape her at his leisure. He would particularly rape her on her birthdays as a present to remind her that he was a kind, gentle, and caring father. At the age of eleven, the chains released their restraint upon her.
>>Just as her father entered the basement, she Ruthlessly tore him apart until only a puddle of blood remained. After this a woman picked her up outside and would go on to mother her. 10 years later Praé has grown to be very cheerful, Very kind-hearted and polite. She is bright beautiful and an extremely smart woman.

Try not to get braindamage when reading this. This segment is from the suggsverses Praé and this is exactly what everyone is worred about when we use rape in a story. I did a breakdown a year ago on why this scene and prologue fails so hard. I reccoment you read that. Also Im going to quote someone who is far more knowlegeable about the subject from a now defunct website.

>>Take a good look at your story. Why do you think a rape is what you need for it to progress? Is there something else that could fill the same function? Unless you have a damn good reason to include rape in a story, you probably shouldn’t. Using sexual assault as a motivation-in-a-box or an equivalent trope will do nothing but steal credibility and respect from a really serious, really important subject. Plus, you’ll look like a twit.
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>>~Rachel Edidin

I also reccomend reading that in full.

>Murder isn't serious? Torture isn't serious? War isn't serious? Sexism isn't serious? Racism isn't serious? Violence isn't serious? We use stories to reflect and encapsulate themes about real life that we as human beings experience, if all our stories had no conflict or serious matter allocated to them, then we wouldn't take them seriously. They wouldn't have severe stakes and they would leave us with NOTHING but hollow empty fluff at the end of each tale we heard.

I said this in my rant but there is a difference between all of those you can't empathize with rape. You can't make metaphors about someone being raped and just have someone understand. We all feel pain and discrimination but this a special kind of pain and something you will not be able to understand. That's not even going into the proverbial mental issues that it entails.