Why the fuck do authors love putting rape in their works like what the heck. It ruins the ...

zeira03 March 28, 2025 10:15 am

Why the fuck do authors love putting rape in their works like what the heck. It ruins the characters and the story.

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    Genboxxy March 28, 2025 10:38 am

    before, I know for certain that it's a kink, and to some even these days, it still is. But as far as I can tell, nowadays, they're mostly doing it for the ragebait, see how many people are talking about this work because most readers were disappointed? yeah, that's bad publicity working for ya LOL. Really the best way to combat these sort of thing is to not give it hype or drop it, but what can ya do? even I'm curious how the author will get out of this mess, if they can or if they even want to, they're not dragging out the toxicity and angst yet like in some BLs so I'll give it a bit of leeway for now.

    zeira03 March 28, 2025 1:34 pm

    Oh darn that's a really good point of view. I guess whatever works for publicity will do. Still I really hate how rape is sorta being normalized in fiction.

    yura (extended version) March 28, 2025 4:17 pm

    it's mostly because of how famous this type of themes has become and idek why it became famous wth. the author of driver's high put some unnecessary grape scene too. idk how to explain it correctly. but i hate it and it's annoying.

    little_king_trashmouth March 28, 2025 4:41 pm
    it's mostly because of how famous this type of themes has become and idek why it became famous wth. the author of driver's high put some unnecessary grape scene too. idk how to explain it correctly. but i hate ... yura (extended version)

    JFC Driver's High pissed me off so much, and then the overall lack of reaction to it pissed me off even more.

    little_king_trashmouth March 28, 2025 4:50 pm
    before, I know for certain that it's a kink, and to some even these days, it still is. But as far as I can tell, nowadays, they're mostly doing it for the ragebait, see how many people are talking about this wo... Genboxxy

    It's also frustrating because rape kink is all well and good as long as you're not hurting anyone and I know there's an audience for those stories. There are actually a few consensual non-con oneshots I actually like because they're done well. But when it's so pervasive even in stories where it makes no sense, it stops being an author catering to a specific kink and totally becomes rage bait. Or just reaction bait, at least.

    You're absolutely right that the best way to discourage rage bait is to ignore it, but it also feels really irresponsible to say nothing, you know? It would be easier if it were a series I didn't care about much, I'd probably leave a review, drop it, and never think about it again. But when it's something you're invested in it's so much worse.

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    yura (extended version) March 28, 2025 9:28 pm
    JFC Driver's High pissed me off so much, and then the overall lack of reaction to it pissed me off even more. little_king_trashmouth

    samedt. and that part way very very unnecessary. they just love putting random grape/sa scenes for funsies like???