tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292367801016658748.post4850712745609103813..comments2023-05-01T06:47:00.862-07:00Comments on The Ranting Griffin: Should I Go Graphic Or?Griffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07365172490610500537noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292367801016658748.post-88830375377608087172010-08-12T23:50:11.027-07:002010-08-12T23:50:11.027-07:00The first thing I think of when you mention male t...The first thing I think of when you mention male torturing female in a graphic manner is Stephen Donaldson's Gap Into Conflict. <br /><br />I hate Donaldson's books, so that predisposes me to caution against being overly graphic.<br /><br />That said, I tend to agree with the previous poster: if it's crucial to character development, then go for it. <br /><br />Even so, I'd do the minimum amount you feel is necessary to get whatever point you were trying to make across, and then fade to black, or whatever you do to gloss over the rest.Fulminatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14332824290977548527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292367801016658748.post-32286117232555458752010-08-12T15:02:00.438-07:002010-08-12T15:02:00.438-07:00Thanks, G!Thanks, G!Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07365172490610500537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292367801016658748.post-74432395158008705932010-08-12T12:46:48.003-07:002010-08-12T12:46:48.003-07:00A point of view from a female person who is curren...A point of view from a female person who is currently playing a female character who's being sadisticly tortured in a RPG she's playing in (you might be familiar with it, lol)... <br /><br />I think this depends on the characters. You have both the torturer and the victim to consider in this. How does the acts of the torturer further the develpment of that character and does it reveal anything significant to the readers? How does the victim's suffering develp her character, and how do you want the readers to react to her pain... and how will the other characters react as well. <br /><br />If you make the scene graphic, that's fine. But don't make it that way unless the disturbing nature of violence serves a purpose to the story or developing the characters. Or effecting the readers perspective. I believe it can sometimes surve a purpose. Other times, it seems it serves no purpose other than to gross the readers out. Personally, I'm not a big fan of the latter unless it makes me feel for, or against, a character. Or both.<br /><br />So there ya go.<br /><br />Actually, there is a rated R movie called 'Closet Land' that you might want to watch. It's a rather strange movie with only two characters... A male torturer and his female victim. Strange but interesting stuff.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741609351167266905noreply@blogger.com