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Hmm, this would certainly be a very difficult topic to cover. I will reluctantly agree it should be mentioned somewhere, but I'm not sure how it could be done tastefully. You mentioned the therapy sessions, I'd agree that seems like a good place to put something like this. The dynamic between MC and Asterion would have to be quite strong for the two of them to talk about something like this. Although I suppose that's true of the two of them discussing any of Asterion's past trauma.

Perhaps the developers will just say 'Nope Asterion has never been sexually abused' and then we won't need to worry about this at all, and can just ignore it?

Cyclopropane2 years ago(+1)

I know that's something left to the Devs but just saying it didn't happen, or has never happened feels unrealistic and sort of like a cop out.... They've been willing and able to deal with a lot of really difficult subjects so far, so I don't see why they couldn't tackle this too.

I just hate the idea that something like this, something that a lot of people have experienced, could just be swept under the rug because it makes us uncomfortable. It should make us uncomfortable because it's awful, that's all the more reason to address it.

TrinexxSlayer2 years ago

like i stated above, this is best left unconfirmed in my opinion. i get the idea of discussing these topics could help bringing awareness, but for that it should have been a central theme of the story to begin with, it's too heavy a topic to be a minor bit on the side. i'm also not a fan of representation for the sake of representation, this is how we get token characters that are mere empty vessels and doing no justice to what they are meant to represent.

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