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This question made me.think of Manhunt by Gretchen Felker Martin. Idk what else this could be about, I feel like most popular stuff these days is very filed down. Odd question, but fits my habit of reading really weird shit. Also thought of Fluids by May Leitz.
[CW: Rape]
Well for a popular example, Game of Thrones had a lot of rape, torture and overall pointlessly nasty shit
Well most of that comes from the books, and the point of it in the books was "Wow, doesn't this world SUCK? You sure wouldn't wanna live here! It's like all the fantasy you're familiar with except EVERYTHING SUCKS ASS!"
And in the show they really weren't doing their best to play up the horror of sexual violence, it was kind of just used as an excuse to ogle actresses
Including the plot
Yeah, GRRM is basically Hemmingway, but not as dry. The active disdain the books have for bards snd pretty tales of valor is not subtle. Not sure if that made it into the show, since I didn't get past episode 1.
I have always perceived Game of Thrones to be socially acceptable porn, torture related or otherwise =) HBO has always had a rep for being edgy and pornographic tbf.