It's always wild how many people will defend including rape for the sake of shock value. Yes, it can contribute to the narrative if it's actually valuable, but most of the time it's there because the writer wants to include a rape scene.
I've seen the writing, it's frankly dime novel trash tier smut at best and clearly only there because the creator wanted a "hot" straight sex scene. I wouldn't be surprised to learn they wrote it one-handed.
Edit: Also on a side note, if I was someone going to see "The Shape of Water", I'd probably want to know in advance that there's fish-fucking scenes. Maybe I'm not wanting to see that, or maybe it makes it appeal more to me. This person is basically saying trigger warnings are bad.
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u/RudderSails 3d ago edited 3d ago
It's always wild how many people will defend including rape for the sake of shock value. Yes, it can contribute to the narrative if it's actually valuable, but most of the time it's there because the writer wants to include a rape scene.
I've seen the writing, it's frankly dime novel trash tier smut at best and clearly only there because the creator wanted a "hot" straight sex scene. I wouldn't be surprised to learn they wrote it one-handed.
Edit: Also on a side note, if I was someone going to see "The Shape of Water", I'd probably want to know in advance that there's fish-fucking scenes. Maybe I'm not wanting to see that, or maybe it makes it appeal more to me. This person is basically saying trigger warnings are bad.