GroinAttack vs. CripplingCastration

What is the difference between Groin Attack and Crippling Castration?

Note that there's plenty of overlap between the two.

Crippling Castration is a more extreme version of Groin Attack.

Groin Attack is for any attack upon the private parts (like kicking them), while Crippling Castration is for Groin Attacks specifically meant to damage the reproductive organs in a way that the victim is unable to reproduce.

Edited by jandn2014 on Sep 29th 2020 at 12:14:37 PM

The difference is noted in the very first paragraph of Crippling Castration. Getting hit in the nuts for comedy is markedly different from castration.

One’s about being kicked in the balls, the other’s about getting your balls cut off.

Anyway, you kept saying in multiple places that both tropes had misuse problems and needed to be cleaned up...and now you’re asking what the difference is?

The problem is, one is The Same But More to the other...

I thought the difference is whether it's played for comedy or drama.

No, Groin Attack can be played for drama.

Castration is more damage to the groin than Groin Attack but that does not mean it is the same but more. I can imagine Groin Attack being played for drama in a way that is different from Crippling Castration, like if Bob is bedridden afterwards, but the equipment still works.

But mutilation is permanent and has long-lasting consequences. You have the added trauma of forcibly not being able to reproduce.

Edited by Synchronicity on Sep 30th 2020 at 7:52:12 AM

Thanks for the clarifications.

However, I noticed that in the GroinAttack.Myths And Religion page, there are examples of castration! Uranus isn't getting his family jewels back for example.

That's why I get so confused and have asked in multiple places if it could be fixed to clear up the confusion in the first places and apologies for asking too many times.

Edited by Nen_desharu on Sep 30th 2020 at 12:22:53 PM