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A horror artist, professional yapper, & amateur corvid researcher. Lover of all things spooky & misunderstood. đŚđ
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WHAT RHE HELL
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I donât think I can change anyoneâs mind though, so Iâm just gonna leave it at that; really, we all have a different understanding on whatâs morally good and bad
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so satirizing it is harmless; we all understand âthey donât really see real murder that wayâ. However, SA is brushed aside or excused by a great deal of society, so in my eyes, satirizing it does more harm than good, since there are so many people out there who genuinely do see SA as one big joke.
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I just donât agree there. I believe that in order for something serious to be satirized, we need to reach a point where we first fully recognize the gravity of itâ and weâre just not there yet with SA. The idea of murdering innocents for example is universally considered a bad, serious thing,
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I understand that; I woobify villains all the time. But SA in particular is such a delicate topic, not something that society has become comfortable with satirizing, unlike death for example. Itâs why, as a victim, it hurts to see people acting like itâs just typical cartoon villain shenanigans
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Of fucking course itâs a me problem; seeing people brush aside a character being a rapist because theyâd rather talk about how hot he is or how cute he is, rather than grasp the importance of the discussion, is going to bother me. God forbid we treat rapist characters with a bit more maturity
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The intention is for him to be a manipulative narcissistic asshole; people are supposed to grasp that based off his actions. If someone went, âactually, I think what he did wasnât bad at all, and I think heâs a sweetie pieâ, does that not reflect how they view that kind of behaviour? 2/2
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I really just think youâre misunderstanding my point. Iâm a horror artist; I draw fucked up shit; Iâm all for depicting difficult things in fiction. But what Iâm saying is that fiction is supposed to illicit a response. I have a character whoâs a manipulative, narcissistic asshole. 1/2
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Itâs just the basis of fiction; we know itâs not real, but we emotionally respond because it reflects reality. Weâre supposed to know characters are evil if theyâre written to be, and if someone doesnât think a blatantly evil characterâs actions are evilâlike SAâIâm going to question their morality
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Yeah; I feel as though a lot of people mistake my argument as being that rapist characters shouldnât exist, which is faaar from my point ofc. I just think that how people respond to a characterâs actions should be taken into account despite it being fictional, like if they think SA isnât a big deal
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But Iâm referring to opinions on characters. We react to them like real people, just on a much smaller scale. We get sad when they die, or angry when they do wrong. We form emotional responses based on our morals. Itâs why, as an extreme example, adults who sexualize fictional kids are morally bad.
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I understand wanting to infantilize & degrade himâI 100% donât speak for all victims, all of our coping methods are differentâbut seeing people treating him with affection, saying the rapist thing doesnât matter cause âthereâs so much more to himâ is more-so what Iâm referring to. It feels wrong
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It feels wrong to imply that characters arenât written with intention. If a character is a rapist, the audience SHOULD think âthis character was written to be evil, not lovable.â Fiction & reality are separate, but our subconscious mind struggles to find the difference, so it can dictate our morals
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Itâs not nearly as bad as fawning over real evil people, but SA is such a delicate topic. Fiction is fiction, but itâs based on reality; I donât think that people should want to cuddle with plushies of a rapist character & gush about how silly they are. That should never be what the writer aims for
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I think the issue is just how people act in regards to them. People can appreciate Val as a character, but as someone whoâs experienced SA, people fawning over him like heâs just âuwu cute wittle moth manâ makes me upset. Characters like him should be handled properly, not kinned and coddled
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Your sense of style has me so damn envious cause I need that shirt
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This makes my day you donât even knoww đŠđŤś
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THANK YOUU I feel like audios with this level of chaos just suit them. Bill in particular
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Better than the site where âmeltdownâ is trending because the group that thinks they have the moral high-ground is giddy about watching minorities break down at the threat of losing their rights, thatâs for sure