NaNo updates (plus a bonus rant)

[ladyhadhafang]

Got 10,087 words today. Also on the duel with Dooku. Doing pretty well, I think, considering the circumstances. Pretty tired right now, but relatively satisfied.

Also, a bit of a ramble, based on one post that I read (thanks to a recommendation by fangirlblog). I don't know how qualified I am to really talk about this (and I doubt I can be as

Comments

[etoiledunord]

Hmmm... I certainly agree that there are very few instances where rape is the only plot device that will fit the story, relative to how often it's used. However, I also think yelling at people for using rape "poorly" isn't the best approach. Lots of people like various aspects of fictionalized rape, from the kink to the shock value and a bunch of other bits. People are very much allowed not to like portrayals of rape for any reason they choose (and I quite agree with a lot of them), and they're allowed to express their dislike, but I don't think they have any grounds for demanding that people stop treating rape in ways they don't like. The exception, of course, is when laws are being broken, like if someone tries to get people to commit rape. And public pressure can certainly do a lot to influence ways in which people/companies/etc choose to portray rape, but it doesn't have to if the creators refuse to change what they do.

Of course, just as you can't call it black-and-white wrong when someone portrays rape in their fiction, you can't call it black-and-white wrong when they don't, either. The person who suggested that the fanfic had to have rape to make the story somehow right has their head up their ass, in my opinion. There are So. Very. Many. Issues. surrounding rape that suggesting that its inclusion is a foregone conclusion implies a highly unconsidered approach to the topic. Which is totally allowed, of course, but not a view that can be forced on anyone else. If that commenter really feels that rape is the only way for a story like that to go, then s/he can write a story like that which includes rape. And s/he can continue to call the author of the non-rape story all kinds of names and say disparaging things about the story, but I personally won't be listening, and I certainly won't be agreeing.

[ladyhadhafang]

Very well-said. Seriously.