Thread:WoddieLaddie/@comment-38019860-20190815043518/@comment-24281887-20190816050724

FedeTkd wrote: PyroHunter16 wrote:
 * Season 1, Episode 24. Asuna.
 * Season 2, Episode 13. Sinon.
 * Alicization Part 1, Episode 10. Tiese and Ronye, the two valet girls.

These specific episodes are disgusting, shouldn't have to exist, and are one of many reasons why I hate it. You can make stories without having to incorporate the scenes in these episodes. Well, though I'll agree with the fact that these scenes were poorly handled, and that, maybe, Reki Kawahara should've not put them in his LN in the first place, I'll also say that scenes of sexual violence aren't inherently a bad thing. These things happen in real life, and therefore, can be part of any story, as long as it's propper to the context established by that story.

See, there are ''so many other ways to show a villain is a villain, or to show that a system can be exploited. It's true those scenarios unfortunately exist, but you don't have to put them in your story. Kawahara's other story, Accel World, has absolutely nothing of that sort, and it's doing fine. There were so many other options.
 * Fake Fairy King is a greedy corporate superiority complex, so have him challenge Kirito to a proper duel instead of just ripping Asuna's cloth coverings off bit by bit like a disgusting fuck.
 * Sinon's attacker was actually somewhat tolerable. He was psychologically fucked, so his insanity got the better of him. Also, Sinon's attack was the least explicit, thank whatever deity exists.
 * Tiese and Ronye did not have to be exploited to show the system's limits and exploitations. The Canon Wiki states "The Seal works by inducing great pain onto a human's right eye whenever they even attempt to think about questioning or breaking any rules that they believe have authority, to dissuade them from questioning or acting out against an imposed rule." If that's the case, you can write any number of scenarios that don't involve sexual assault around this rule and have it break. Maybe Kirito and Eugeo are dueling the noble bullies or something, and the bullies taunt them. Our protagonist duo prove to be much stronger than the nobles thanks to the Aincrad style or some shit, and the bullies start getting impulsive. They start fighting for real, and one seriously injures Kirito. Finally, Kirito takes a hit and Eugeo reaches a decision: does he continue to follow the code and fight according to the duel's predetermined rules, or does he break the seal and get revenge for Kirito?

All of these scenarios are things I made up on the spot. The last one took the most effort. They're all still plothole-ridden, but they're alternatives that could've happened. Arguably, they're more interesting this way, since Eugeo's new scenario puts him in a big character development scene and Kirito's not plot-armored protagonist.