so I wrote a story a long time ago on here and it was a gumlee fanfic and (currently) it's my most popular story. but in the story there was a rape scene and I admit I did an awful job of dealing with it /:
but I wrote it before I even knew the depth and reality of rape sooo
anyway, I occasionally get comments that point it out but what annoys me is when someone says that the character should be like depressed or something or try to give specific feelings to the character
but everyone reacts to trauma differently
not everyone who is raped becomes a bumbling mess of depression
someone people block it out, some bury themselves in work, some show no shame and convict their rapist, some go out and get help
but you can't just assume that someone is going to be automatically depressed after being raped. they could be any emotion. they could be mad or even happy (a Stockholm syndrome type deal).
so yeah.
