Double Punctuation posted:

I honestly want to know how he stomached making Clarissa. Managing to do that is pretty impressive.

fizzymercy posted:

Because Clarissa is the ideal of child sexual abuse. That comic doesn't even remotely cover what it is actually like to be sexually abused. Frankly it is so on the nose it's painful, but not in a good way. Clarissa has an understanding that something is wrong and wants things to stop. That's an agency most abuse victims dream of. It's not realistic beyond it's moral statements. Clarissa is the superhero most abused kids wish they could have been. The realism doesn't shine until people ignore her or say she's being dramatic. It's a simplified version of what actual abuse looks like, and it makes the horror slightly relatable. It is a comic book version of a reality. Clarissa is cleansing if you're an abuse victim because she exemplifies how you want to react to your abuse. It isn't reality. It's a comic book, divorced of reality. Victims of childhood sexual abuse want to be brave and it never works out like you'd think. Clarissa makes this obvious, she's the superhero all abuse victims want.

Abuse isn't as cut and dry as the comic would make you believe. It's almost a farce in that regard. It's correct and all wrong at once.

fizzymercy posted:

Because Clarissa is the ideal of child sexual abuse. That comic doesn't even remotely cover what it is actually like to be sexually abused. Frankly it is so on the nose it's painful, but not in a good way. Clarissa has an understanding that something is wrong and wants things to stop. That's an agency most abuse victims dream of. It's not realistic beyond it's moral statements. Clarissa is the superhero most abused kids wish they could have been. The realism doesn't shine until people ignore her or say she's being dramatic. It's a simplified version of what actual abuse looks like, and it makes the horror slightly relatable. It is a comic book version of a reality. Clarissa is cleansing if you're an abuse victim because she exemplifies how you want to react to your abuse. It isn't reality. It's a comic book, divorced of reality. Victims of childhood sexual abuse want to be brave and it never works out like you'd think. Clarissa makes this obvious, she's the superhero all abuse victims want.

Abuse isn't as cut and dry as the comic would make you believe. It's almost a farce in that regard. It's correct and all wrong at once.

fizzymercy posted:

Clarissa has an understanding that something is wrong and wants things to stop. That's an agency most abuse victims dream of.

Aleph Null posted:

A tiny, young human, just learning their way in the world. Everything is new. If ever there is evil, it is in those who take pleasure in corrupting that and "teaching" a child how to be a willing victim as if that is normal.

There is no God, but there is a Devil and its name is Man.

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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:

Keep posting dude, one of these is bound to be funny eventually

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not slightly inaccurate historical facts.

Aleph Null posted:

I miss your trivia section.

Phlegmish posted:

I laughed at the mom spilling her drink

Intrinsic Field Marshal posted:

I was speedposting to move the thread from the Clarissa downer stuff