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RE: Quix's Writing Samples And Other Stuff (Comments Welcome)
Arggh, I need to drop in and visit my brother on the way home, something I'm not particularly looking forward to, as it will be eleven hours since I arrived at work, and we're complete opposites. Dealing with him when I'm tired is always difficult. He's the type who could talk underwater with a mouthful of marbles, and takes five thousand words to express that which can be said in a hundred, whereas I'm one who despises redundancy, am generally concise, and not interested in what I consider to be irrelevant details. As one might be able to imagine, conversations between us can become frustrating on both sides. I usually just nod, and pretend to be interested, whilst internally telling him to shut up. Sometimes externally; which makes the conversations a little more interesting! Not that we don't get along most of the time, just differing personalities.
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Anyways, that wasn't the reason for my post. Since I've got some time, and have caught up with all responses, I thought I'd attempt to get some thoughts out of my brain, and onto the screen.
I received a PM yesterday in regards to a rather dark roleplay that I've started, which is to only become darker, from someone who stated the violent rapist character I portrayed in the first couple of posts was 'going to give her nightmares'. Whilst the message was actually complimentary, it got me to thinking that people may read the story and be turned off by the subject matter, misogyny, and violence against women. Not that the opinions of those I don't know concern me too much - I write to my partner's tastes, not theirs, - however, I thought it an opportunity to explain my stance on writing fictionalised rape and violence.
I don't gain any sexual energy from it; it's done for story/plot purposes, not as kink; however do I enjoy writing it, and dark themes? Yes, I do. For the same reasons people like to watch shows and movies such as Law and Order SVU and Silence of the Lambs, and read novels like American Psycho. The darker side of human nature intrigues me. Rape, in real-life, is one of (if not) the most vile and heinous crimes imaginable, but this is not real-life, it's fiction.
What I refuse to ever do is write an 'enjoyable' rape scene, where the woman actually likes, and is mentally aroused, by being raped, or where it turns out to not really be 'rape' (My constant repetition of the word is deliberate, as to distinguish it from 'non-consensual'). In my strange little mind, I find the types of scenes where a female needs to be 'forced by a male, to demonstrate what it is she she really wants or enjoys, because he knows best', to be patronising and condescending, and with not much positive to say in regards to female independence, emotional intelligence, or knowledge of their own bodies and desires.
I believe that legitimises the concept of it being acceptable for a male to force a woman to partake in unwanted sexual acts much more than do rape scenes in which the sex is brutal, violent, harrowing, and in no way enjoyable for the victim. It's why, apart from the fact I generally find them cliché, overdone, and hence boring to write/read, that I also tend to (not always; there are exceptions) shy away from forced-pleasure scenario's.
Lastly, if anything I write can, in some small way evoke a response, or elicit a reaction - good or bad -, then I'm happy. I consider that one of the duties of fiction.
Arggh, I need to drop in and visit my brother on the way home, something I'm not particularly looking forward to, as it will be eleven hours since I arrived at work, and we're complete opposites. Dealing with him when I'm tired is always difficult. He's the type who could talk underwater with a mouthful of marbles, and takes five thousand words to express that which can be said in a hundred, whereas I'm one who despises redundancy, am generally concise, and not interested in what I consider to be irrelevant details. As one might be able to imagine, conversations between us can become frustrating on both sides. I usually just nod, and pretend to be interested, whilst internally telling him to shut up. Sometimes externally; which makes the conversations a little more interesting! Not that we don't get along most of the time, just differing personalities.
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Anyways, that wasn't the reason for my post. Since I've got some time, and have caught up with all responses, I thought I'd attempt to get some thoughts out of my brain, and onto the screen.
I received a PM yesterday in regards to a rather dark roleplay that I've started, which is to only become darker, from someone who stated the violent rapist character I portrayed in the first couple of posts was 'going to give her nightmares'. Whilst the message was actually complimentary, it got me to thinking that people may read the story and be turned off by the subject matter, misogyny, and violence against women. Not that the opinions of those I don't know concern me too much - I write to my partner's tastes, not theirs, - however, I thought it an opportunity to explain my stance on writing fictionalised rape and violence.
I don't gain any sexual energy from it; it's done for story/plot purposes, not as kink; however do I enjoy writing it, and dark themes? Yes, I do. For the same reasons people like to watch shows and movies such as Law and Order SVU and Silence of the Lambs, and read novels like American Psycho. The darker side of human nature intrigues me. Rape, in real-life, is one of (if not) the most vile and heinous crimes imaginable, but this is not real-life, it's fiction.
What I refuse to ever do is write an 'enjoyable' rape scene, where the woman actually likes, and is mentally aroused, by being raped, or where it turns out to not really be 'rape' (My constant repetition of the word is deliberate, as to distinguish it from 'non-consensual'). In my strange little mind, I find the types of scenes where a female needs to be 'forced by a male, to demonstrate what it is she she really wants or enjoys, because he knows best', to be patronising and condescending, and with not much positive to say in regards to female independence, emotional intelligence, or knowledge of their own bodies and desires.
I believe that legitimises the concept of it being acceptable for a male to force a woman to partake in unwanted sexual acts much more than do rape scenes in which the sex is brutal, violent, harrowing, and in no way enjoyable for the victim. It's why, apart from the fact I generally find them cliché, overdone, and hence boring to write/read, that I also tend to (not always; there are exceptions) shy away from forced-pleasure scenario's.
Lastly, if anything I write can, in some small way evoke a response, or elicit a reaction - good or bad -, then I'm happy. I consider that one of the duties of fiction.
