[ SECRET POST #3747 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3747 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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04. [SPOILERS for Smallville, X-men films]



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05. [SPOILERS for The Discovery]



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06. [SPOILERS for Inferno]



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07. [WARNING for discussion of rape]

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08. [WARNING for rape?? probably?? in some of these]

[Dramatical Murder]


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10. [WARNING for discussion of rape/incest (though not actually depicted)]



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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Theon's a sexual abuse victim himself and you're calling it 'manpain'? K

[philstar22]

Wrong term to use given that he was sexually abused by the same person previously, but it is a valid point that Sansa is the one being raped in that moment, not Theon, and yet the showrunners chose to focus on Theon's pain in that moment rather than the actual person being raped.

[(Anonymous)]

Except it's obvious they were simply not showing it for the sake of not showing it, not for the sake of focusing on Theon's pain. Discretion shots are a thing.

[(Anonymous)]

Discretion shots in Game of Thrones. Sure.

[(Anonymous)]

Eh, in Sansa's case I can believe it. When the actress is someone who started out as a thirteen year old on the show, it's easy to believe they just didn't want to get graphic with her.

[(Anonymous)]

I feel like D&D/the writers thought they were being really arty and respectful by not showing rape for once only to have that blow up in their faces because they're just that out of touch.

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt This sounds like a far more likely explanation than the "Discretion shots are a thing" anon suggested.

[(Anonymous)]

Um, except I'm also the anon who said "discretion shots are a thing". Here's also a crazy thought: intent and execution are also a thing.

[el_regrs]

Actually, even the producers have lines they will not cross, such as when Robert's infant bastard was killed. Sure, they killed the poor kid, but it's not like they showed it.

[(Anonymous)]

... nah. Sorry, but nah, I just don't buy that. The director had a choice of where (and who) the camera focuses upon during Sansa's rape and they chose to do a close up of Theon's face. They could've chosen:

* Ramsay's face to highlight the gleeful brutality of his character
* hands clenching sheets to put us on the periphery of the act without showing the act itself
* a pullback shot of, I dunno, the window of the bedchamber with Sansa's screams in the background
* a shot of the other children's direwolves in a forest somewhere, throwing back their heads and howling like there's a disturbance in the Force

Etc.

What did they pick? Theon's face, for the purpose of showing how Sansa's rape affected him. It wasn't by accident, it wasn't because Theon's face is the only available alternative to showing a graphic rape.

[(Anonymous)]

Theon's face, for the purpose of showing how Sansa's rape affected him

I interpreted it as highlighting that what's happening to her is horrific and hard to watch. Kinda like how the audience feels. Maybe you need to stop watching shit through a batshit feminist pov, anon.

[(Anonymous)]

DA. I do like your interpretation, it's nice and subtle. But, Given how victims of rape have been treated and silenced over the years...it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth to have the focus taken off the victim.

(Not that I think that you in any shape or form support silencing rape victims, anon. Just my opinion.)

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT

pointing out the obvious instead of touting some flimsy "discretion shots" nonsense = "batshit feminist pov"

LOL, okay.

[(Anonymous)]

"it's about Theon's manpain, not a discretion shot meant to illustrate that what's happening to Sansa is too horrifying to watch!!!!" is your idea of pointing out the obvious? Maybe if you watch shit through that warped feminist lens of yours, tumblrwhale.

[el_regrs]

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