Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26247132-20160408031352/@comment-27607065-20160409010555

Sparkstoaflame wrote: 1. different people cope differently.

2. http://riseforwanheda.tumblr.com/post/142456816973 and http://clarkesquad.tumblr.com/post/142440673296/im-not-trying-to-be-disrespectful-im-just sum up the rape/selfharm issue. I completely agree with the race thing. People will say "but I thought race didn't matter?" but in this case, of course it matters. Seems like the majority of the villians of this show are POC. With all the white villains we see their human side and sympathize with them, but that isn't offered to the POC villians. This show has handled many issues very poorly in this regard.

I notice in that post that the word trigger comes up a lot. Being triggered by something is valid, and it's real. This episode was particularly dark. I myself found the scene where Raven is screaming from the torture and where Abbey is forced to make that choice, extremely distressing. But besides the POC issues and how tiresome Raven's constant pain is, I wouldn't have changed the violence. It's hard to find the line between censorhip and sensitivity. It seems like no matter what you do, violence-wise, you're going to upset people. If someone can't handle graphic violence, this is certainly not the show for them.

This is nothing but my opinion of course. I love hearing other people's opinions on the subject, I'm open to all of them.