Yeah, I guess I made a pretty huge generalization from the very little experience I have. I often pretend that I know a ton more about stuff than I actually do.
I think part of the problem is that American film and television are infamous for having pointless romance and “obligatory sex scenes,” which contribute to the common excuse that “well, sex sells.” At least for me, I think these biased assumptions are carrying over to opinions on H in VNs, a medium that I am relatively new to.
There is also the obvious taboo around sex as extremely mature, not to be talked about, and - depending on personal opinions - even disgusting. But for some reason, depicting violence and gore is OK. This confuses me. Granted, neither are for kids, but sex is actually something most people do at some point, and unless done without mutual consent or with criminal intentions, is perfectly normal and not disgusting. Violence on the other hand is almost always criminal, always meant to cause pain, not something most people ever want to happen to them, and in reality is a traumatizing experience. Yet its perfectly fine for a young audience to witness kids running around in a fight to the death, but sex is something no one should have to or should want to see. Am I missing something or does society really just have this backward?
[quote=“Bizkitdoh, post:22, topic:401”]
Some scenes are uh, not your typical sexual encounter.
[/quote]Lets be honest, does anyone read a VN (or any work of fiction for that matter) and expect it to be completely realistic?
