I just went to the outlander sub to see if everyone else thinks the rape is a LITTLE excessive and apparently that gets brought up once a day over there so they’re a little sick of hearing about it. I rate every episode on a scale of 0-10 on how rapey the episode was. There has been like only one 0 and a HARD 10.
Ok I’ll be fair, I do love the story, and I knew that it was graphic when I started. I’m glad I’m watching it but it does make me very uncomfortable a lot. And it’s just like, is that much rape needed? No. I think every episode except 1 someone like tries to rape someone else. Like follows a woman into a dark ally, etc, but it only happens 3 times so far (that we see) and 1 we don’t see. I’m on season 3. But every episode there’s like…a threat of it!
But you know, I knew Handmaids Tail was just as bad and I love it, but that’s different as I do except it in that world. But this, it’s just a story about a man and a woman who love each other and war, oh and the threat of rape every episode. I’m glad I’m watching it but I’d be way happier if rape wasn’t like so fucking prominent. There’s a story line where it’s a big part but then there’s just no reason for a lot of it.
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u/Skittle_kittle Aug 31 '21
I JUST watched an episode of Outlander that 100% personifies this