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In the real world, there are actually sometimes individuals who are naturally immune to a disease. In order to help produce a vaccine or treatment, they give blood samples. That's all, just blood samples.
True, but they seemed to use harsher ways like injecting him and stuff, probably because they never saw jay as a person in the first place. Plus, it's fiction.
Consider: this is fiction.
A stupid plot is a stupid plot is a stupid plot
The Last of Us has similar story tropes and it’s one of the best selling video games of all time.
That said, the writing of this story overall sucks (there’s not even chemistry between the main characters…) but that’s a failure of execution, not an issue with the trope itself (since, as other media has shown, this trope can be used to critical acclaim). And you weren’t even initially critiquing its stupidity as a story trope either, you were just critiquing the factual validity of it within the context of reality. Which… fiction exists for a reason.
It’s like having talking animals in a story. “Animals don’t have the proper anatomy to talk” yeah sure but that’s the reason why that trope is only used fiction. Meanwhile, that critique is based in reality, which, yknow, doesn’t really matter when it comes to fiction. A more fair critique would be like “why does this talking street rat from the gutters of nyc talk in a British accent” y’know?
I noticed the similarity to The Last of Us, this was like it's inept cousin. And in TLoU (the show, I never played the game), the main character is eager to help at first, because her presumption was that they just need blood samples. In that one too, it really made no sense that they wanted to harm her.
And I disagree with your example. With talking animals, you are working with an AU right off the bat. With the zombie genre, the idea is that it is our world, and a mutant virus creates zombies. We willingly suspend our disbelief regarding the feasibility of the zombies, but it is reasonable to expect the structure of the world to otherwise be the same
Right, I think I get your point, you understand that it's fiction but expect some realistic elements to it, correct? I think that's great how you look into the plots in such depth, but I do think inhumane researchs do exist or atleast used to exist. But at the end, it's also the authors world of creation. And it's worth respecting atleast not to be looked down upon, there's a reason why they mention it's a world of fiction in the first place.
All I remember is the mc keeps having these bizarre delusions that end up with him drowning and his friend always saves him. Not sure if it's yaoi or not..
Could that be Moritat?
No, not Moritat. This was less psychological thriller and more supernatural element. Like mc was in his bedroom and then the fairy world superimposed/crept up on him. My memory of the details is kinda vague at this point. Thanks for giving it a shot.
I am sick to DEATH desire scans and the like. Really wish they'd get banned