Message from @overrated

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2020-02-02 12:17:56 UTC  

the point is you should never show rape in a movie for no reason

2020-02-02 12:18:06 UTC  

simply to have rape framed as "bad thing happened! wow!"

2020-02-02 12:18:15 UTC  

I mean the media is anti rape culture

2020-02-02 12:18:33 UTC  

we're sold the idea that it's anti rape culture here

2020-02-02 12:18:47 UTC  

Oh

2020-02-02 12:18:53 UTC  

but realistically we're being shown things that desensitize us to the idea of rape

2020-02-02 12:18:55 UTC  

I get what you mean though

2020-02-02 12:18:57 UTC  

Arguably there is no rape culture but the media is such a left-wing bulwark that it cowtows incessantly to any demands of the progressive post-modernists

2020-02-02 12:19:10 UTC  

Like they make it a fundamental point to a person's story

2020-02-02 12:19:13 UTC  

Exactly

2020-02-02 12:19:24 UTC  

And not like just a thing that happened to them

2020-02-02 12:19:28 UTC  

my issue is when it's irrelevant to the character

2020-02-02 12:19:29 UTC  

anti rape culture? what is it, rationality or something? :v

2020-02-02 12:19:59 UTC  

as in, they were too lazy to write a backstory of traumatic event so they just insert rape

2020-02-02 12:20:06 UTC  

No, here in India they're normalising being a Survivor or sexual assault or rape

2020-02-02 12:20:08 UTC  

then the character is never shown struggling with the after effects, or that's literally just it

2020-02-02 12:20:23 UTC  

Atleast the modern media

2020-02-02 12:20:41 UTC  

Anyway, I've spent enough of my time and attention pondering rape and its cultural position, I feel blemished by spending my attention on something that foul

2020-02-02 12:20:47 UTC  

Yeah that's shitty writing

2020-02-02 12:20:54 UTC  

They do that for gay people too

2020-02-02 12:20:54 UTC  

I believe what Daniel is saying is true if theres no fundamental ground for the rape in a movie or show there’s no need for it at all does progress the story of not then not needed

2020-02-02 12:21:04 UTC  

that's what i mean by it being fetishistic

2020-02-02 12:21:21 UTC  

if it doesn't add anything to the character or the story, it shouldn't be there

2020-02-02 12:21:23 UTC  

Make it their whole personality which makes it feel like people are pushing the gay agenda

2020-02-02 12:21:30 UTC  

That applies to everything

2020-02-02 12:21:34 UTC  

yes absolutely

2020-02-02 12:21:34 UTC  

See JK Rowling

2020-02-02 12:21:40 UTC  

if it's not relevant, don't add it, ever

2020-02-02 12:21:50 UTC  

but it's even more shitty when it's something as serious as rape

2020-02-02 12:21:54 UTC  

and they just.. blow it off after it's done

2020-02-02 12:21:58 UTC  

I get it

2020-02-02 12:22:02 UTC  

That's fucking shitty

2020-02-02 12:22:17 UTC  

you know elsa gate

2020-02-02 12:22:18 UTC  

If you call yourself a writer but you prioritize pushing your political agenda over creating a good story, you're not a writer, you're an activist

2020-02-02 12:22:20 UTC  

Though I really need examples of media so I can appreciate the point better

2020-02-02 12:22:24 UTC  

Yes Elsa gate

2020-02-02 12:22:35 UTC  

If it’s to develop a character I’m fine with it if not then I watch something else

2020-02-02 12:22:37 UTC  

just the concept of people pushing inappropriate themes on children to desensitize them to hard themes

2020-02-02 12:22:40 UTC  

That's exactly what I was thinking when you talked about making rape a fetish

2020-02-02 12:22:41 UTC  

like scat, rape, gore, abuse etc

2020-02-02 12:22:45 UTC  

Yes