Glorious Escapism Roleplay

Rabukurafuto · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:02 am Post subject:

Yes, by accident. I notice in American and British comedy I often hear jokes involving rape. It can be difficult to avoid that.

For some rape victims outside of Japan, just hearing that H games about rape exist send them into a rage.
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Phil the Time Wizard · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:15 am Post subject:

Yeah. Rape being used for comedic effect is a pretty common thing it seems (as this rather lengthy TV Tropes article makes clear).

And yeah I sort of get that. I think they likely don't understand how H-games work. That it's more like reading a written work in most cases than it is like a standard interactive video game (the visual novel concept as a whole is not very well known to most non-Japanese audiences). If it was a video game where you directly controlled a character and the purpose of the game was to go around graphically raping people (and you actually had control of the act), that might not set right with even me. I think some people might react so strongly because that's what they picture when they hear about "rape games".
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Rabukurafuto · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:22 am Post subject:

I suppose that is true. I sometimes forget that visual novels are not well known outside of East Asia.
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Phil the Time Wizard · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:31 am Post subject:

Yeah.

Though I'm sure some people with sensitivities to rape and stuff probably wouldn't be happy even if they understood the visual novel thing.
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Toutaku · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:47 am Post subject:

Hmmm...

I have "raped" my ex girlfriend, because she liked that kind of thing.

I suppose like anything, it's about context.
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Apprentise · Joined: 18 Oct 2010 Posts: 1258 Location: Your mind

Wow that was horrificly horrible. I am so glad I dont read stuff that bad or My Immortal for that matter. *shudder*
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Phil the Time Wizard · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:27 pm Post subject:

But it's hilarious...
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The mutant 0408 · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:30 pm Post subject:

My Immortal?

Wasn't that popular for how bad it was or something? I could be thinking of something else though.
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Phil the Time Wizard · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:31 pm Post subject:

Yes. It is the best ever. So amazing...
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Apprentise · Joined: 18 Oct 2010 Posts: 1258 Location: Your mind

I heared enough about it from a friend of mine. What he told me probebly rotted at least half of my brain cells. I have no desire to actualy read it and eliminate whatever gray matter I have left.
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Phil the Time Wizard · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:54 pm Post subject:

But it's so good...

But I suppose maybe it's not for everyone...
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Apprentise · Joined: 18 Oct 2010 Posts: 1258 Location: Your mind

Good because its so wrechedly horrible as to be brilliant. But I would prefer not to tourture my self to death. Friends do that for me.
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The mutant 0408 · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:43 am Post subject:

If I wanted to laugh at something horrible I'll listen to the voice records of my Abridged Series. We are all horrible at voice acting, but the jokes are amazing.

Like at the begining when Touma walks onto his balcony and sees Index there he exclaims "What, I thought I told the Yakuza to stop leaving those here!"
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Phil the Time Wizard · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:44 am Post subject:

Heh. I enjoy laughing at things that are horrible.
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The mutant 0408 · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:51 am Post subject:

It used to be "Thats not my spare futon" which I thought was more Toumaish but all the black people on my team told me this would be funnier.

I'm glad I conceded they were totally right.

Laughing at horrible things is good for your health it's scientifically proven to relievem stress.
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