Kind of a dumb question but… does it have rape? I saw it is added in a list called "cons...

Myllie1 July 29, 2024 12:08 am

Kind of a dumb question but… does it have rape?
I saw it is added in a list called "consent is key" but a psychological, gore-is story without Rape sounds too good to be true

Responses
    lainer July 29, 2024 11:01 am

    Attempted in the recent chapters by other people, its so good go read it!

    The Homo Hop July 29, 2024 5:18 pm

    There is attempted rape however, it's treated as so in this story. Many stories include both attempted and committed rape scenes but they're glossed over in a manner that'll have the reader believe that the victim doesn't see these situations as a big deal. In this one there are consequences, anger, confrontation, and frustration regarding the attempts which is comforting in a way. The author does a great job at letting the readers understand that those situations should be taken seriously.

    Mei July 30, 2024 2:34 am
    There is attempted rape however, it's treated as so in this story. Many stories include both attempted and committed rape scenes but they're glossed over in a manner that'll have the reader believe that the vic... The Homo Hop

    Well said, totally true!

    Myllie1 July 30, 2024 1:10 pm

    Thank you so much, guys!
    I think it's a cultural thing, in my country everything that happened on the first 9 chapters would be considered rape, as we don't regard it as only when there's insertion of penis in the vagina/asshole, but all physical sexual stimulation between two or more people.
    I'm not even sure if I believe the arsonist is a real person and not a alter of the doctor, tbh, so I have a lot of questions and wonders. Yall don't need to answer, I'm already very thankful, truly!!
    Since on the very least we didn't see the doctor taking any pleasure in being abused (until where I read at least), I'm wondering if they address it and explicitly say that the doctor only went along to keep himself safe or something like that?
    The doctor repeatedly allows the touches, further and further indulging him in what seemed to be due to coercion but I'm afraid of the possibility of that being him willingly allowing those things for truly believing that's a good therapeutic strategy. Do we get the doctor thought process regarding his treatment approach at any point?
    Personally I'd rather comics just treated rape with yaoi logic of "it's not real violence in this universe, no means yes" if they are going to pull punches and compromise, not going the full length of criminalizing and penalizing the rapist or ensue a mindbreak plot because I always feel, for reasons of verisimilitude, it creates a worse image for how to deal with the real life crime than the ones who have no pretension of treating it as the real thing.
    Here, Idk, it does treat rape as abuse, as "a bad thing" and talk about culpability and how rape is not sex but a form of violence and a tool for establishing power. But at the same time I felt like its weight was lessened when the doc addressed the abuse he is being put through in the same way a parent teaches a kid to not pull a cat's tail… was that him trying to rationalize with the arsonist to stay safe or was that his actual stand? Does he end up forgive-forgetting the violence we saw on those first chapters?

    Myllie1 July 30, 2024 1:15 pm

    THIS TURNED OUT SO GODDAMN BIG, I'M SO SORRY, I'M IN A HISTORICAL POLITICS CLASS AND WE ARE DISCUSSING SOME SERIOUS INTERPRETATIONS OF HUMAN BEHAVIORS AND ABUSE AND I JUST KEPT WRITING WHILE TALKING WITH THE TEACHER, I LOST CONTROL

    Nobodyhome August 2, 2024 10:20 am
    THIS TURNED OUT SO GODDAMN BIG, I'M SO SORRY, I'M IN A HISTORICAL POLITICS CLASS AND WE ARE DISCUSSING SOME SERIOUS INTERPRETATIONS OF HUMAN BEHAVIORS AND ABUSE AND I JUST KEPT WRITING WHILE TALKING WITH THE TE... Myllie1

    This story is based on a novel which is already completed in Korean so there’s nothing out there that you cannot find.