as a rape victim myself, rape in mangas/manhua disgust and triggers me, but as long as the author makes in clear that the rape happening in the story isn't romanticised and won't lead to a relationship and a happy ending and instead makes the victim over-comes their trauma and the rapist get's punished for his cime, im totally okay with it. but who......
I wouldn't really mind seeing rape in fiction as long as it's used as a plot device for character development. But what crosses the line is when rape is romanticed as something romantic. It baffles me how much rape is in yaoi and how the rapist still get the victim in the end. I know it's just fiction, but if you portray it as 'sexy' and 'romantic'......
I definitely don't actively search for manga/ manwha with rape. But honestly, these types of works are almost unavoidable. And there are some with rape scene/s that were good reads. Say for instance, I enjoy Ogawa Chise's works. It's all sorts of fucked up alright, but there's already an expectation in this artist's works. Fucked up, psychological......
The problem of rape in fiction isn’t rape itself, it’s the romantization and naturalization it often comes with. It’s okay to have rape as long as the character who was raped suffer from all the trauma it causes. But it’s not okay if the rape ends up being their close up event and makes them fall for each other and live happy ever after. An......
i dont agree with it tbh. you may know the difference between fantasy and reality but the author probably doesn't and you are probably reading their fetish. imo there is no need to include or read anything including rape unless it was some sort of fetish of yours which is a big no no and it does not get a good message across as it normalizes rape. ......
I don't mind rape in mangas/manhwas at all. I mean I know it's fiction and I'm almost 100% sure that authors who draw the typical rape to love trope do not support rape in real life nor will they rape someone. Also I think it's really rude to hate on a manga/manhwa or author bc they romanticize rape, it's their work and they can draw what they want......
To answer I'll use two mangas as an example. The first is: If You Do Not Obey Me, the second: Hogu Hagyeongsu. They both contain rape, they are both messed up, but I couldn't even complete the first one because the author excused the very graphic rape and kidnapping of their character with the "Aw... seme had a crush" excuse. The author set the......
I have no problem with an author exploring the effects of a traumatic event on a character, rape being one of them. What I DO have a problem with is that I can only name two BL works that actually do that. Either the rape is played completely for fanservice and never actually referred to as rape even though one partner was repeatedly telling the o......
The problem is not depicting rape in itself, but doing it in exploitative ways, or conflating it with acts of romance and love. Countless abusive relationship in real life share features common in romance stories (gay or hetero). It's not only forced intercourse, it often comes bundled with irrational jealousy, possessiveness, controlling behavior ......
Tbh I feel the same as you. As long as the artist/author/translator clearly state that they're against rape in reality, and also put trigger warnings for those who aren't comfortable reading such thing, then I don't understand why people still hate on them. There are a lot of people who actually enjoy it in fantasy, it's sort of a guilty pleasure......
rape in fiction is just another plot to twist. however it becomes problematic when the author doesnt really get the idea of rape and instead paint it as a romantic gesture like in so many of chinese revenge-centered webtoons that popped nowadays lol. but then again, the picturesque of rape in fiction truly mirrors the society tho. rape is a bad thi......
My only real complaint is that it tends to be overused to the point where you just get tired of it after awhile. It's mostly used to rush the romance along, and just feels like lazy writing. Also the uke almost always ends up being a pushover who can't stand up for himself, and always lets the seme control everything he does, what friends he ca......
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