Talk:Satanick/@comment-13948812-20180915023236/@comment-25170087-20180917092618

> Despite that, I like the "concept" of Satanick. He's evil, bottom line. Like, he fits that mold perfectly in an unconventional way. Do I like him as a character? It's a no from me.

I've got to concur.

What irks me the most is how much of a gag character Satanick seems to be. I'm looking through the funamusea archives and most of this guy's appearances is just him torturing or raping Ivlis in a comical way. And with how many times it's stated that Satanick loves Ivlis, despite being, y'know, a rapist, it feels like we're still ultimately supposed to sympathize with him and/or take him as nothing more than an eccentric pervert. Nothing wrong with making a monster sympathetic to fuck with your readers (like in Lolita), but to do so you have to be very careful with how you portray it; the character's vile nature has to be shown with the gravity it deserves. And Satanick is just no where NEAR that ballpark.

It's really a shame how casually DSP just throws around sexual assault in their works like it's candy. Some of the archived drawings suggest that Satanick's inhumanity came from extensive abuse/torture from his brother Fumus. That's actually a really damn interesting aspect of his character and I'd love if it were explored further, but it's hard to appreciate it when he—and the subject of rape itself—are written so flippantly. I honestly wouldn't have much problem with him if he were portrayed even as seriously as Fumus is, but he's not.

And Satanick's not even the only case of this! Just look at Roc and Lobco, and the entirety of the Mogeko Castle game. How frequently Ivlis is "sexually tortured" comedically. Sure, there's that aformentioned Sal scene in Wadanohara, which was unamiguously evil. There's the scene where Ivlis seems to molest Yosafire which is also clearly not a light moment. But in a way that kinda makes it worse; I have no idea how lightly or gravely DSP truly believes sexual assault to be. It's as if it's only present in their works for shock value.

And few people seem to give a shit and excuse all those actions anyway!

But, well, the characters are all drawn attractively so it's ok no matter how repulsive their actions are, or how tactlessly serious subjects are shown :/ DSP is shit at writing with nuance but with such potent fangirl bait, I guess they don't really have to.