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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NoOneofConsequence" data-source="post: 843624" data-attributes="member: 5400">Replying from back to front:I agree that this is an excellent thread with a worthwhile subject area.Rape, slavery and torture become sophisticated themes in my roleplaying (and my wife's especially) because of our detailed real world exposure.When an npc claims to have been raped, most people would probably see a victim to be avenged - a more mature version of the damsel in distress. My wife sees rape evidence kits, crisis counselling, suicide watch etc. It can take a lot of fun out of it for her.When an npc is tortured, most people would probably see iron maidens, racks and other medieval torture devices that almost look a bit comic in movies (and have often been used for comic effect).I see pregnant mothers being stabbed in the belly in the compound of Auschwitz Birkenau because they couldn't stand on one leg continuously for over an hour. (I once worked on an oral history of my city's Jewish community)My wife sees the woman forced by her husband to eat garbage at knife point because she had thrown out his dinner after he had criticised it saying "I'm not eating this S**t!"In essence, my wife and I have had exposure (thankfully second hand in my case) to the genuine horror that is humanity's abuse of its own members. When we roleplay we like to kill orcs with CE personalities - this is what I meant by sophisitication. I wasn't alluding to uncertain morality but to horrific detail. Perhaps sophistication wasn't the best word to use, but this is what I meant originally.My wife</blockquote>

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