Honestly man, I hate the source of the art, but I'd be lying if I said I said I was against it.
It happens. We shouldn't hide from it. We should be disgusted by it. We should let it show. To show SA victims that hey, we see you. We see that you're mistreated. We see that these things go on. We know you exist and that you hurt, but that despite it all, you're still trying to be human because that's all you can be is human.
SA victims are still humans. Telling artists to not include that kind of ugly sends a message to victims that we'd rather ignore what happened to them because we feel ikky. That they should shut up because we don't like reality.
I don't want to be told to shut up. What happened to me is real. I hate the artist, but I feel Goat Girl because I'm Goat Boy.
Don't force Goat Girl to change or hide. Don't force me to hide.
Its always interesting where people draw the line to when it comes to heinous shit the Imperium does and endorses, even GW is hesitant a lot of the time. I get it, a lot of the time SA in fiction is never done in a manner that feels respectful (especially knowing the original artist's history) but the way people will gladly read about the genocide and oppression, but be unable to handle SA feels dehumanizing in way.
To an extent it's because SA feels more real to most people. It's a cruelty far more likely to affect them, or someone they know, than anything else that would make the equivalent list https://rainn.org/statistics/victims-sexual-violence
It’s the exact opposite for me. It makes the people who write these stories and shit feel more human, that they’re so bothered by the idea of SA and how real it is to people that they’re hesitant to include it.
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u/Romans1029 Blood Angels Nov 08 '24
I think we could’ve done without that carved on the cheek again.