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Apologies if this ends up being in the wrong area... However, I've always been very interested in the mentality behind the more violent scenes in novels. For example, those that write the really gory scenes including but not limited to torture, gore, rape and others along those lines. Like on the first page of Originals, I counted 9 out of 20 fics that has at least one of those elements in the warnings, and I know there may be more that have missed it out in the summary. That is almost half of the fics on just the first page. I'm just interested in why so many people do go into it all. Personally not my preference, and I'm certainly not bashing anyone that writes it. I really am just wanting to understand the mentality behind it.

[This is a hella first post, and if I'm breaking the rules somehow, I apologize] If you're interested in another writer/artist's perspective, I'd recommend Marjorie Greene and her field guide to Tentacle Attacks. She has a visceral appreciation for what you're getting into. Link is NSFW (as if you'd expect different, given the topic). Enjoy the site.

Usually this type of gritty "what X style fantasy/superpower/videogame/whatever would really be like if it was real" stuff tends to turn me off, but tentacles are one of my weaknesses; depending on how upsetting it is i'll still probably not read it all the way, but i still would like to at least give it a shot; somtimes even if the bad things make my insides churn and my chest tighten the way news programs about shit going down 'round the world does, the story itself and the story telling might make me read it thru; lemme know when the story is up please?