But slave/prison stories are ... well, I don't have too many plot-related deal-breakers in fiction, but they come about as close as I get. I don't usually enjoy prison/mental ward episodes of TV shows either, not because I'm philosophically opposed to them but because I have, for lack of a better word, a powerlessness squick. I don't cope well with seeing characters with whom I identify put in a position of powerlessness and degredation and humiliation -- because I identify with characters easily, seeing them struggle and struggle with no way out makes ME feel powerless and ill. ... it's very hard for me to deal with on a psychological level.
Yup, exactly!
Ruse likes possession fics but doesn't write them often because she knows they squick me. She's asked me several times why they squick me and that describes it really well. I'll have to point her this direction. (Thanks :)) I don't deal with powerlessness well. Slavery and arena/gladiator scenerios squick me less than possession/mind-control, but still I get a bit queasy.
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Date: 2007-10-23 10:14 pm (UTC)From:Yup, exactly!
Ruse likes possession fics but doesn't write them often because she knows they squick me. She's asked me several times why they squick me and that describes it really well. I'll have to point her this direction. (Thanks :)) I don't deal with powerlessness well. Slavery and arena/gladiator scenerios squick me less than possession/mind-control, but still I get a bit queasy.