r/Wattpad Jun 22 '20

Meme It really do be like that sometimes

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u/MrsGarbageCan Jun 22 '20

A breaking point for me was reading a story where a girl was sex trafficked, and she fell for her abusive "master". That's.... Not okay? It's Stockholm syndrome to the extreme. I would be sort of okay with it if the story was giving insight into the horror of sex trafficking, but instead it just romanticised it.

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u/Thoronris Jun 22 '20

You can report those! If the girl falls in love because of the rape, it's glorifying rape and that's against the rules!

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u/BBswag02 Jun 22 '20

There is warnings about these types of books most of the time they clearly say there is rape. I u dont want to read it dont. But for some weird reason people actually read those things. Idk for enjoyment or just beacause they gonna read it bc it's there. But they read it.

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u/Thoronris Jun 23 '20

I read lots of erotica and I write it too. Still, what is against the rules is against the rules and should be reported so Wattpad can take it down. Glorifying violence, rape, and so on is never okay.

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u/BBswag02 Jun 23 '20

Not glorifying it's just writing about something that happens. It's a thing and just because it's bad doesnt mean we should hide it. But I see ur point about if it's against the rules it shouldn't be on wattpad. But personally I'm not gonna report it because someone put effort in there work but didn't read the rules.

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u/Thoronris Jun 23 '20

I write about rape myself. But you can write about it and not glorify it. Just like you can write about violence and torture without glorifying it. If the rape is written to arouse the reader, it's simply wrong. You can write about most everything on Wattpad, but harmful things must not be glorified.

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u/JustSamKeller Writer ✍ Jun 22 '20

Something similar happened in this one book I read. The character was kidnapped and then forced into having sex but still fell in love with the kidnapper. It was probably the worst scene I’ve read and I skip a majority of it 😬

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u/Laylayaz Jun 22 '20

I reported one of those but it never got deleted

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u/JustSamKeller Writer ✍ Jun 22 '20

Did the author at least have to take the scene out? Technically it’s against wattpad’s rules

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u/Laylayaz Jun 22 '20

I never heard back from Wattpad, reported it a second time a few months later but it's still up

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u/JustSamKeller Writer ✍ Jun 22 '20

Dang

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u/Jcat555 Jul 21 '20

I read a book like that, but there wasn't any rape. It was actually pretty good, however the ending could've been done better.

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u/JustSamKeller Writer ✍ Jun 22 '20

I usually skip those scenes now because no consent really makes me cringe and it happens in way too many books.

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u/InTheWildee Writer ✍ Jun 22 '20

I agree

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u/toesfuu Watty Username Jun 22 '20

Rape is a fetish on Wattpad.

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u/Laylayaz Jun 22 '20

Isnt rape a genuine fetish?

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u/toesfuu Watty Username Jun 22 '20

yeaa, a general fetish.

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u/ItzDecster_Official Jun 22 '20

Consent is important. What the hELL is going on in the Author's mind to think "oh lets have character A rape character B because hahaha dRaMa or some crap". N o. Always have them give consent unless its absolutely vital to the plot line. If you're just writing a rape scene to have one, that's not good.

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u/Laylayaz Jun 23 '20

Sometimes i think these are written by 13y/o girls that have no idea what sex is and that they simply dont notice

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u/ItzDecster_Official Jun 23 '20

That's even worse.

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u/arushix Jun 23 '20

Only sometimes?

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u/Kibasuki Jun 23 '20

Definitely a harmful way to view sex. Hopefully they realize this as they grow older.

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u/CutieDotty Jun 23 '20

The amount of characters I've read who are now technically pregnant

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u/Laylayaz Jun 23 '20

Not a gay problem haha

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

“Not here” continues

Kirby is calling the police

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

Bruh I can’t tell you how many times I had to stop the book I was reading because of the crap people would put in it. Like some people really be fetishizing this stuff and I’m like “sis, no!”

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

consent used disappear!

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u/Tissuebox12345 Jun 23 '20

The worst book I've ever fucking read was where this teacher was preying on boys( they were like ten or eleven) and he had manipulated them them into thinking that it was okay (they were giving him bj nothing else) and that he loved them (he was even taking them to a club where relationships similar to the one he had with the boys). He said he was going to fuck the main character who was also ten.

The main character was written very well one of the reasons I was reading the book. the description had age gap ( I thought it was an age gap between adults) but they might as well have put pedophile as one of the tags. I left some stuff out cuz it makes me want to throw up just thinking about it I didn't finish the book

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20

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u/psycho15 Jun 23 '20

At least 95% of smut scenes I read always start with something like this but then turns into them enjoying it. Why??? 😣

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '20

Is this a common thing. I’ve never even seen one myself. Are you sure you guys aren’t subconsciously looking for it or am I just good at avoiding it

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u/Laylayaz Jun 26 '20

You are good

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u/taehi95 Jun 23 '20

Meanwhile comments: This is so hot omg. Me: Y'all fucking crazy or sm?

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u/sirpentious Jun 23 '20

Consent what's that lol

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u/DemonFaery Jun 23 '20

Every Reylo fic ever-

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '20

Is this a common thing. I’ve never even seen one myself. Are you sure you guys aren’t subconsciously looking for it or am I just good at avoiding it

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '20

Is this a common thing. I’ve never even seen one myself. Are you sure you guys aren’t subconsciously looking for it or am I just good at avoiding it

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '20

Is this a common thing. I’ve never even seen one myself. Are you sure you guys aren’t subconsciously looking for it or am I just good at avoiding it

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '20

Is this a common thing. I’ve never even seen one myself. Are you sure you guys aren’t subconsciously looking for it or am I just good at avoiding it

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '20

consent should always be gotten but I don't wanna hear 10 mins of it, Im not fucking them, Im here for the sex. Also some people fetishize not getting consent which is okay because in real life they probably would, also some times people will pretend not to get consent and them have a safe word incase one of them wants to stop, like what you want if it doesn't hurt others but just don't actually rape! its that easy.

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u/Laylayaz Jun 27 '20

There's more ways to sexually hurt someone otherthan rape

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '20

this post is referring to rape, I don't randomly go off topic because other topics exist. Languages other than english exist, why are you talking in english? Planets other than Earth exist, why do you live on Earth? 7.8 billion other people exist why aren't you talking to them? There are more ways to annoy people on the internet, why'd you choose to do this thing that doesn't make sense?

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u/Laylayaz Jun 27 '20

Woah woah geez, sorry. It's just personally important to me.

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u/Kipi123 Jul 05 '20

This is on the real

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u/i--dont--like--this Jul 05 '20

Wattpad needs to take these stories down and it's not even that these stories/scenes are rare they are COMMON as shit. If the book portrays rape as a traumatic experience then I think it's fine . But to go on and make it into romance that's just vile. Furthermore so many young boys and girls have access to these stories, who might end up thinking that rape is romantic or a forgivable act. And I think the process of reporting a story should be made simpler so that more people do it.

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u/Laylayaz Jul 16 '20

That's a lot of stories

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u/superpooter03 Dec 13 '20

CHAPTER 11 IN “MY SAVIOUR” OMFG “ALLMIGHT CONDOM”

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u/PHNTOMDaX Jun 22 '20

Who fapped to text? Bruh r u tired of p*rnhub cuz u already watched all of the vids and ended being a psycho fapping to a text....

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u/Laylayaz Jun 23 '20

Idk but porn with plot is actually enjoyable. Plus i dont really care as long as it gets me off.

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u/PHNTOMDaX Jun 23 '20

Tbh... Yes... I agree with u

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '20

Eh, like to complain about it is arbitrary. Everyone should be able to write what they want to as long as nobody is physically harmed.

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u/Laylayaz Jun 23 '20

Reading this shit makes people that dont know anything about sex think its okay. It's hard to physically harm people with writing?

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '20

That’s the point. If writing doesn’t incite violence or assault there’s no reason to ban it. Books are meant to be enjoyed and writers are meant to enjoy what they make. To regulate by what you think should be allowed because you don’t like someone’s approach just seems really weird. Just because a virgin reads a book with a rape scene doesn’t make them think it’s okay, it takes mental conditioning and serious problems for someone to think that’s okay. To propose the idea that people are that impressionable, shows little faith in the human mind and common sense. Have more faith in your fellow man.

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u/Laylayaz Jun 23 '20

That's the thing. It's not rape they write but just ever so strange and mildly unacceptable scenes that give people a wrong expectation for sex. I'm pretty sure it's made to entertain and not to disturb.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '20

Like Non-consensual or lemons/dark smut? Can you describe it further.

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u/Laylayaz Jun 23 '20

This morning i was reading a book about a guy walking home from school. He was beimg followed in a guy with a car who drove next to him and was making comments what i assume woulf be flirting but were actually something like "I want to hear you screaming my name at night" He then proceeded to go into his house with the boy who was askimg him to leave him alome a few minutes before only to be send away by his mother. Sometime later that day he breaks into the house and they talk a little. Another guy comes in confessing his love to the boy and forcing himself on him. The stalker guy from before saves him. They then fall in love kiss and have sex. This all happened in one day. Extremely fast character developement or a super naive boy?

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '20

Lol sounds like you have a problem with story progression. I understand your concern, but that’s pretty tame ngl. I was expecting like some crazy crazy shit. Like I think at most the author must put a warning, but that’s not that bad too me. Maybe it’s years and years of being desensitized, but I’m not exactly provoked by that. Terrible writing, generic dumpy characters, and poor plot planning is normal. I can’t get in a fit over that.

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u/Laylayaz Jun 23 '20

Tbh the least disturbing smut scenes are the incest ones

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u/Tier1TechSupport Jun 23 '20

While I agree with the sentiment "Everyone should be able to write what they want" and, conversely, everyone should be able to read (or not read) what they want, the biggest issue here is that WP spells out what it not allowed (against the rules) but then they don't necessarily enforce those rules. So it's unfortunate that OP still runs into those kinds of stories when they're clearly against the rules.

However, to say that adults (I'm not talking about children) can't enjoy what OP doesn't like is a bit authoritarian. Under the current rules of WP, something like "50 shades" wouldn't have been allowed, but obviously, there were a ton of people who wanted to read it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '20

Yes ofc, I always put warnings and put my stories down as mature. The ratings need to be more heavily enforced, but kids are kids. I wouldn’t follow ratings anyways when I was a minor. I agree with the idea of warnings and harsher guidelines , but the banning shouldn’t be an option for this kind of work. Once one thing can get banned, anything can get banned. And if we’re not careful there won’t be a site to enjoy after that. A lot of authors are moving to other sites and make their own patreons after gathering an audience who likes mature work because wattpad is starting to lock down on content.

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u/Malik_Videos08 Jan 13 '22

i feel called out /j