[ SECRET POST #1766 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1766 ⌋

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

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Comments

[wldcatsprstr-14.livejournal.com]

There ARE other ways to make villains villainous but misogyny/sexual assault themes are one of the EASIEST ways. And I'm pretty sure that's why game creators go that route. Because unless you have a serious mental affliction that affects your morals, you're gonna automatically mark someone who is an unrepentant rapist as "villain" 100% of the time. Creators have to do virtually no work to make that happen. It's lazy in a certain way but effective.

[oflittlebrain.livejournal.com]

yeah, that's a good point. it also makes it even more problematic imo. if you make all your video game bad guys rapists, then it kind of contributes to the myth of real-life rapists all being "villains", when the reality is that people are most often raped by people they already know/trust. people who might otherwise do nice things can also be capable of rape.

[wldcatsprstr-14.livejournal.com]

Well I have no problem calling real life sexual assailants "villains." That's what I think they are.

But I see your point. It perpetuates the idea that only random criminals are sexual assailants, which is very false.

[(Anonymous)]

Then they know/trust villains. Duh.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know about that. It certainly is a lazy way to establish a character as evil, and it's a common way, but the cheapness makes it cliche and lessens the impact. It's also often pretty thematically meaningless. If the game has no intention of addressing misogyny--and they pretty much never do--then it would be more effective to show us a character is evil by showing us what makes them a threat, their motivation, etc.

I won't say that it doesn't communicate "bad guy" since it obviously does, but I'd also say that it's far less effective than a more thoughtful method would be. OH NOES WORK.

[wldcatsprstr-14.livejournal.com]

OH NOES WORK.

That's exactly it. Maybe I should have said "effective enough." Lazy creators don't care about thoughtful.