That was my biggest gripe (among many tbh) about the Despair Arc of DR3 too-- it seemed like they chickened out of some of the boldest and most interesting story choices SDR2 made. No, they didn't REALLY choose to be bad guys actually! They were just Hollywood Brainwashed! Izuru didn't commit a massacre in Hope's Peak, he was framed by Junko! We'll *tell* you they did awful things but only offscreen, you have to take our word for it, what we actually show you says something else entirely
//Yeah, that’s one of the most paradoxical things about DR3. Sometimes it chickens out of showing the stuff we want to see or that were referenced in other games. Other times, it goes straight for shock value and tries to be as disturbing as possible.
//We can’t actually show Class 77 succumbing to despair, oh but we can definitely show Chisa getting tortured and lobotomized! That’s totally fine! We can show an entire classroom of teenagers butchering each other, but we can’t let our boy Izuru do anything wrong! That’d just be terrible!
//And let’s lay a nice grotesque undercurrent of sexualization on it all, because any semblance of good taste is overrated.
//Like, if they’d actually committed, if they’d gone with what DR3 despair side was actually supposed to be about, even I don’t think that would be enough to make any of that okay. It would’ve been better in a lot of ways, but still not okay.
//SDR2 actually had its horrifying plot twist of the cast being the Remnants of Despair backed up by actual substance. It was actually horrific to think about and contemplate about how the people we’ve come to know this game were, at one point, some of the most dangerous people in human history. And that they ended up that way through Junko breaking them down through their flaws and digging away at them until they were shattered and chose to follow her.
//DR3 did away with all that and provided horrific imagery and scenarios that came out of nowhere and added nothing to the plot other than a few minutes of revulsion and largely artificial drama.
//Again, that’s a bigger problem than just DR and I can provide another example of why I hate that kind of writing. I’m gonna put a trigger warning on it though, since I know not everyone is comfortable with even hearing about topics like this. If you’re not, please feel free to scroll past.
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//When it comes to depictions of rape or sexual assault, it’s usually not about them or the people affected. It exists just to be shocking and horrific, and often to give the impression of the story being “mature,” then gets tossed aside and never really matters again. But throwing adult elements into a story with no regard for consequence is quite immature.
//First off, ask yourself if your story really needs to be involve rape or sexual assault. If there isn’t a damn good reason for you to replace it with something else that could work just as well, you probably shouldn’t do it.
//And if you want to write a story about rape, focus on the aftermath and consequences. Show what the characters involved go through, how they change, what they experience in the aftermath and how they get recover as a result. And above all else, be respectful.
//The most respectful thing you can do is don’t show it or describe the scene. There’s literally no reason to. It’s a grotesque, awful thing, but any decent human being already understands that. All that depicting a rape scene will do is come across as tasteless and potentially traumatizing, especially for readers who’ve sadly experienced it themselves.
//And probably the most ironic thing? Not showing or describing the rape is not just more respectful, but actually work far more in favor if you wanted to go for shocking and horrific. The reader’s imagination will do all the work for you and you can focus on what actually matters: character growth in the wake of the event.
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//The point being, if you’re going to go through with having these dark adult elements in your story, they need to be properly researched, understood, and above all, need to have lasting ramifications for everyone involved. There need to be real lasting consequences for things like this and actual substantive reasons for us to care.
//And healthy amounts of empathy can go a long way. DR, while it handles some of these types of issues well, really fumbles the ball when it comes to others. The intent is there, but it really needs work and serious dedication to pull them off.
//DR3 did not handle them well at all, but it could’ve worked if the writing had been cleaned up, the plot had more focus on the right elements, and there was more room to breathe. Ultimately, it needed another draft.
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the only reason why i'm not doing it as often is becasue i don't have the energy to cut anymore i just kind of lay there paralyzed by life and i want to but i can't roll over and get it
the funny thing is i usually self harm when i think i'm being really dumb and unreasonable but even though i hate myself because of this one thing i did it also makes me not self harm in a way because i'm motivated by it to quit so i haven't done it in like.... a month i think???
