** Is it for BlackComedy? Then make it as absurd and obviously unrealistic as possible. You are CrossingTheLineTwice, so at least try to make it so obviously absurdly stupid, over the top, and FanDisservice that, while it's a joke, it's a joke at the idea of rape itself and/or at the expense of rapists (a couple of good examples of rape as black comedy concept, though your mileage may definitely vary, are GeorgeCarlin's "Porky Pig and Elmer Fudd" joke - e.g. no real humans involved, and the humor is not in the victim or saying anyone "deserved it" but in the absolute stupid absurdity of the scene itself, and/or the "how many times can we say rape" RunningGag of DetroitMetalCity, where the "20 rapes a second!" joke is actually a bit of incisive snark at how lightly "rape" is treated as a concept in Music/HeavyMetal.) Use your trigger warnings, and (it should go without saying) be prepared for quite a few people to say "DudeNotFunny". Expect others to be triggered or upset or offended - and do not act out at them because they have the right to be.

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** Is it for BlackComedy? Then make it as absurd and obviously unrealistic as possible. You are CrossingTheLineTwice, so at least try to make it so obviously absurdly stupid, over the top, and FanDisservice that, while it's a joke, it's a joke at the idea of rape itself and/or at the expense of rapists (a couple of good examples of rape as black comedy concept, though your mileage may definitely vary, are Creator/GeorgeCarlin's "Porky Pig and Elmer Fudd" joke - e.g. no real humans involved, and the humor is not in the victim or saying anyone "deserved it" but in the absolute stupid absurdity of the scene itself, and/or the "how many times can we say rape" RunningGag of ''Manga/DetroitMetalCity'', where the "20 rapes a second!" joke is actually a bit of incisive snark at how lightly "rape" is treated as a concept in Music/HeavyMetal.) Use your trigger warnings, and (it should go without saying) be prepared for quite a few people to say "DudeNotFunny". Expect others to be triggered or upset or offended - and do not act out at them because they have the right to be.

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23rd Apr '13 9:10:28 AM Alrune

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Deleted for the same reasons as the former edit.

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23rd Apr '13 9:07:13 AM Alrune

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Doesn't belong here. This index is So You Want To Avoid Unfortunate Implications, not Dealing With People Hurt By A Misunderstanding. It's a totally different subject. If you want to have this covered, create a new page.

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* This is a big one - misunderstandings happen. Sometimes even intentionally - yes, unfortunately there are people who will happily AccentuateTheNegative and who will see racism/sexism/homophobia/other prejudices or privileges or similar ''where they do not exist.'' Most of the time, however, misunderstandings are just that - misunderstandings - and the hurt is real even if you did not intend to inflict it. That is why you need to, on being called out, immediately apologize, make a sincere attempt/offer to fix the problem (or at least not do it again) and if your attempt to reach out does not work, back away and allow people to vent their anger. ''Do not'' lash out at people calling you out, unless, and this is ''very'' important, they are doing so out of their own bigotry (e.g. you're getting attacked by TheFundamentalist for not portraying Christians properly because one of your characters is both gay and Christian) OR you have documentable, provable evidence (in the form of screencaps or similar) that the social justice callout was a pretext for starting a fight and no one was sincerely, truly offended.

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19th Apr '13 2:40:49 PM Alrune

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Don't order readers about what they're supposed to feel.

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6th Apr '13 9:16:18 PM EarlOfSandvich

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** Is it for BlackComedy? Then make it as absurd and obviously unrealistic as possible. You are CrossingTheLineTwice, so at least try to make it so obviously absurdly stupid, over the top, and FanDisservice that, while it's a joke, it's a joke at the idea of rape itself and/or at the expense of rapists (a couple of good examples of rape as black comedy concept, though your mileage may definitely vary, are GeorgeCarlin's "Porky Pig and Elmer Fudd" joke - e.g. no real humans involved, and the humor is not in the victim or saying anyone "deserved it" but in the absolute stupid absurdity of the scene itself, and/or the "how many times can we say rape" RunningGag of DetroitMetalCity, where the "20 rapes a second!" joke is actually a bit of incisive snark at how lightly "rape" is treated as a concept in HeavyMetal.) Use your trigger warnings, and (it should go without saying) be prepared for quite a few people to say "DudeNotFunny". Expect others to be triggered or upset or offended - and do not act out at them because they have the right to be. By taking on such a subject in an attempt at humor, you take the responsibility for having done so - and for people misunderstanding as well, even if the misunderstanding is a misunderstanding, the hurt is real. More about this later.

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6th Apr '13 10:47:25 AM SeptimusHeap

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Asian Gal With White Guy was renamed to Mighty Whitey And Mellow Yellow. Misuse and Zero Context Examples are being deleted.

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5th Apr '13 4:55:01 PM Alrune

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Complete Monsters don't check morality, nor do they care about looking like the Magnificent Bastard or about having "class".That's why they are Complete Monsters: they're heinous and have no standards

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*** On that note, if you're trying to write a really heinous sort of villain, consider some other ways first. Even {{Complete Monster}}s can be written without having them rape a single character. For example, go take a look around ATorturedIndex, DirtySocialTricks, AbuseTropes, and similar indices and think about how to avert MurderersAreRapists, because having a CompleteMonster who doesn't rape makes him or her a far more complex character (e.g. it can even allow for EvenEvilHasStandards or SympathyForTheDevil even for a CompleteMonster in one way, and it removes any possibility of a FreudianExcuse in the other by having the CompleteMonster be uninterested in any sexual or psychosexual motivations at all. Another way this could work in the case of a CompleteMonster that stops just short of rape, is that this being is something that can and will hurt anyone, kill anyone or anything and is yet ''completely in control of himself'' in doing so, which might make him even scarier than a rapist...)

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