I have to again scratch my head and wonder why he was perfectly willing to let his other stepchildren act like apparent hooligans, but keeping a cat was just out of the question.
xD xD Don't you know, it's because the MS always has to either suffer way more than anyone else or get things way easier than anyone else. I used to write like that, because I was under the impression that what a good characterisation makes. You know... between the ages of 10-14. xD
I also, wanted to say this in chapter 3, but I forgot: All of these new, inexperienced writers, seem to have the same problem I do with writing minority characters. It feels like you can either make them stereotypical (put name of race, ethnical nationality here, any other minority here) or go the other way and make them cat like everyone else, except in this case it just feels like I am white-washing their culture by almost not acknowledging it at all. I usually try to go by the rule "Write them as people first, color, nationality, sexuality etc." later, but sometimes it just feels like I am either slipping into stereotypes or writing them "diverse," just because why not? Do you maybe have any advice for that?
This blowing scene was utterly uncomfortable for me the first time I read it and it gets even more so, every time I do.
Please, put up some trigger warnings in this chapter, because this is rape. People keep talking about how awful women being raped is and of course it is, but men being raped by women is a thing too. This scene is really makes me feel icky, mostly because it's not given the importance it deserves. Rape should not be handled lightly. Except this is here, just to show how much of a slut Aphrodite is, not to put connotations on Rape is Not Okay. And it is rape. He keeps saying "no", and she keeps pressuring him. Think how you'd feel, if the roles were reversed.
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xD xD Don't you know, it's because the MS always has to either suffer way more than anyone else or get things way easier than anyone else. I used to write like that, because I was under the impression that what a good characterisation makes. You know... between the ages of 10-14. xD
I also, wanted to say this in chapter 3, but I forgot: All of these new, inexperienced writers, seem to have the same problem I do with writing minority characters. It feels like you can either make them stereotypical (put name of race, ethnical nationality here, any other minority here) or go the other way and make them cat like everyone else, except in this case it just feels like I am white-washing their culture by almost not acknowledging it at all. I usually try to go by the rule "Write them as people first, color, nationality, sexuality etc." later, but sometimes it just feels like I am either slipping into stereotypes or writing them "diverse," just because why not? Do you maybe have any advice for that?
This blowing scene was utterly uncomfortable for me the first time I read it and it gets even more so, every time I do.
Please, put up some trigger warnings in this chapter, because this is rape. People keep talking about how awful women being raped is and of course it is, but men being raped by women is a thing too. This scene is really makes me feel icky, mostly because it's not given the importance it deserves. Rape should not be handled lightly. Except this is here, just to show how much of a slut Aphrodite is, not to put connotations on Rape is Not Okay. And it is rape. He keeps saying "no", and she keeps pressuring him. Think how you'd feel, if the roles were reversed.