Abuse stories seem to be becoming a trend. Nowhere is it more prevalent than on ff.net for some reason. And much of what is coming out in these stories is godawful. The problem I have with the abused Hermione fics is the same one I have with most of the abused Harry or even the abused Severus, Sirius, Draco you pick the next character they've ALL been done stories. Lack of understanding, lack of research and just plain awful writing.
Some writers use abuse as a way of installing angst in a story when there are other ways to do it and much more effectively too. It's like their lives aren't stressful enough being on the brink of wizardwar, lets ratchet up the angst here and rape him/her and have them deal with that for the next 10 chapters, oh and 10 reviews before I update again!
It's bad writing and it pisses me off. Because it is a lazy way of making the person more woeful than they really are. The abused!Hermione stories can be godawful because it always seems like the writer goes overboard with it.
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Date: 2005-04-13 09:02 pm (UTC)Some writers use abuse as a way of installing angst in a story when there are other ways to do it and much more effectively too. It's like their lives aren't stressful enough being on the brink of wizardwar, lets ratchet up the angst here and rape him/her and have them deal with that for the next 10 chapters, oh and 10 reviews before I update again!
It's bad writing and it pisses me off. Because it is a lazy way of making the person more woeful than they really are. The abused!Hermione stories can be godawful because it always seems like the writer goes overboard with it.