Stupot, Khris; I'm sorry if my last comments came off harshly, I got stressed out at seeing what came across as people saying something that's hurt me was really great and more people should try it,
and I don't think any of you meant to belittle the harm these depictions can do, but I will say that one of the hardest parts of struggling with anxiety and depression is just how hard it is to feel like your
illness is taken seriously, and especially if you are a woman, being able to avoid stressful and triggering imagery due to how normalized it is in today's media. I've had so many well-meaning people unintentionally
trick me into seeing things that's caused me agony because these tropes are so common they don't even stand out to most casual viewers, and I ask that if you still want to ask people to watch shows with such
things, at least include a warning that
"by the way, this series have graphic sexual assault, so only watch it if you feel you can stand it", because I promise it'll mean a lot to everyone who's ever had depression or ptsd.
Thank you for the link. I promise to read it today.
Thanks, and I hope you'll find the time to read the Seannan McGuire post I linked to before as well, they are both well worth reading.
https://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/470626.htmlI'm glad you're taking time to read this, it means a lot.
Mandle: It's a shame you got spoiled about the twist to Citizen Cane and Psycho, but I do hope you'll still watch them one day. While I was spoiled about the twist in Psycho as well as the meaning of Rosebud in Citizen Kane,
I still greatly enjoyed both films as they are incredibly well made films with great acting, direction and atmosphere. Personally, I sometimes feel like anti-spoiler culture has gone too far when people act like the entire movie
has been ruined and unwatchable just because you've already heard about the plot twist, when all of my favorite films are films I've watched several times despite knowing the outcome, because the path to said outcome is just that good,
whereas the only films where a spoiler has ruined the experience has been M Night Shaymalan's later films exactly because he wanted to redo the success of the twist in The sixth sense so badly he turned himself into a one trick pony and
made a bunch of movies that had nothing going for them except increasingly far-fetched plot twists.
I'd put it this way; If you accidentally found out somebody was throwing you a surprise party and you already knew who was going to be there and what food and presents they'd bring, would you choose to skip out on what could still be a potentially great party just because there wasn't any big surprises?