I don't want to diminish your experiences in any way and attempt survivors certainly shouldn't speak for rape survivors but I think it is really, really wrong to describe someone who is knocked unconscious, assaulted and cut up as "lucky" just because someone didn't actually penetrate her.
Everyone should have good support systems. I think it's pretty awful to roll your eyes at fictional wish-fulfillment cases of someone who experiences a serious trauma having that trauma treated as serious just because some (most) (almost all) victims of similar and worse traumas IRL don't get that support. Like, fic also depicts a lot of really supportive partners and friends of rape victims. I don't think that's wrong just because it happens less in reality. Like, do you also roll your eyes at IRL women who have experienced sexual assaults that didn't involve penetration who have lasting trauma responses? Because ... that might be kind of terrible.
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From: (Anonymous)Everyone should have good support systems. I think it's pretty awful to roll your eyes at fictional wish-fulfillment cases of someone who experiences a serious trauma having that trauma treated as serious just because some (most) (almost all) victims of similar and worse traumas IRL don't get that support. Like, fic also depicts a lot of really supportive partners and friends of rape victims. I don't think that's wrong just because it happens less in reality. Like, do you also roll your eyes at IRL women who have experienced sexual assaults that didn't involve penetration who have lasting trauma responses? Because ... that might be kind of terrible.