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The impact of depiction/representation
Something I thought about recently was how representation really affects what your reading I was reading a horror/psychological manga and it included scenes of child grooming/SA/rape and what was so disturbing I that could genuinely relate some of these SA scenes to scenes in yaoi/bl stories and what's crazy is that one is horror and one is glorified rape but only one of them is actually seen as disturbing and the problems are actually adressed Yes not all stories are constantly about representation and sure there are reader's who call out these disturbing topics and there are reader's who say fiction is fiction and both are their opinions so I'm not segregating them into morally wrong and right But this just reminded me how depection really really changes just about everything
I agree; depiction truly sets the tone for how the author wants the topic to be viewed and processed, so when SA is used only as a plot device with no depth or real purpose/impact, especially with how repetitive the theme of SA in BL seems to be, I cannot help but fear that it will just desensitize people to the true gravity of it. I've witnessed v...... reply
depiction doesn't equal endorsement, but the choices made in depicting things matters to how it lands.
also going to add: impact vs intent. sometimes people mean well, or don't have malicious intentions for whatever they're trying to communicate. doesn't mean they can't cause insult or harm, and the response to feedback is often telling. reply
