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Imperfect victim and punishment
So, as far as I know and have interacted with, there’s been two stories that have done the revenge rape trope: cherry blossoms after winter (red guy, I believe) and Pearl Boy (incest brother, one of them idk). And I wanna sort of address it super briefly and the reactions I see to it.
First, fuck Pearl Boy, that weird ass mf doing that didn’t avenge his lover in any way or form but rather perpetuated the abuse that his lover had to face. FUCK YOU. Also cherry blossoms after winter, I just know the author added this as a sort of “aha! He got what was coming!” But I can’t prove it…AND using rape as a form of “punishment” is disgusting and cruel.
Second, the “they deserve it” reactions, no they don’t, no one deserves to be raped or abused. That’s disgusting and the reason we have laws is to determine the right punishment (assuming it does its job) and not cock and ball torture in towns square. Also, SOME people think that just because someone is a horrible person it “cancels” their victimhood and that’s just not true. People have, for so long, thought of victimhood as this state of weakness and subservient behavior but imperfect victims exist and you can be horrible to the T and still be a victim.
Personally, I LOVE my imperfect victims, they’re multi faceted and a better representation of real victims. What other tropes are there like this one that you guys like?
I haven’t read both of those stories but I sort of see your point and I agree to a certain extent. What I believe in tho is that rapists and sexual assaulters are worthy of capital punishment. I want them dead both in fiction and real life. 1 reply