Batwoman_2017 t1_jdps79t wrote on March 26, 2023 at 5:59 AM

Women need to suffer to gain the reader's respect /s

Also, shock value matters a lot in readability. If someone didn't beat the crap out of the heroine, you would want to know how she handles the fallout right? Does she get revenge? Does she commits murder? Does the abuser get their comeuppance?

AtraMikaDelia t1_jdpts6e wrote on March 26, 2023 at 6:20 AM

The problem with shock value is that it only has value if its actually shocking.

Obviously whether or not a person finds something shocking, or just thinks its a worn out trope, is something that is going to depend on the individual and what they have read/watched, particularly recently. If you keep reading the same type of books where you can predict the general idea of what's going to happen easily, then you're not really going to be shocked by it after a certain point, and the books will becomes a lot less interesting.