Why does it feel like Jack the webcomic treats rape better than Viv does. Jack. The religious shock horror rape kink ‘i cut my own dick off years ago. Balls too…’ ugly furry comic
I think it's because in Jack, even though it's basically the Spear Counterpart to HH/HB right down to the rape fetish and awful creator, the rapists still suffer horribly and the victims -- even the ones that don't survive -- come out on top in the end. Drip is Hopkins' fursona, but even though he's shown to be a desperately unhappy victim himself, he's consistently portrayed as a disgusting, pathetic monster. He's not sexy, he's not a silly little goofball, he's a vile sack of shit that even his own colleagues don't like.
as a guy who read an absurd, awful amount of Jack, i gotta firmly disagree. I think the one real "rape scene" (ie the poison mv as a whole, i only quote the latter text because i believe this counts as multiple scenes, but you get my point) we've seen in hazbin was too sexualized and a bit exploitative. It felt shlocky and unnecessary to me personally, but as we all know it's INCREDIBLY contentious. but IN MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION i find it feels like a mix of shock "oh look at these AWFUL things done to angel dust!" and a bit tantalizing to the viewer (angel is intended to be sexy, hes doing sexy dances, and then oh no a big fat demon fucks him! how awful!). it's dissorientating and weird and not handled very well IMO.
Where as in Jack, the rape is CONSTANT. i genuinely do not believe im exaggerating when i say there is more rape in Jack than their is jack (the character). Because in Jack, the rape is there to tantalize YOU, the reader. the intent is supposed to titillate and turn you on. the author is putting women in these situations over and over and over, all the while framing it with "look at all these defenseless, helpless women about to be assaulted, and there's nothing they can do!" it happens to the children in jack too, might i add. remember that one chapter about the teenage girl AND her (female) caretaker both getting molested by the same guy?
And don't get me started on the weird homophobia of the whole comic. Let's ignore the entire arc of Jack dedicated to a gay man being forced to learn the moral "being mean to homophobic people is WRONG. you have to be patient and respectful towards homophobes or you'll go to hell for being so bitter and cruel!", the rape is also used to teach us the moral that rape is natural. All men are naturally inclined to be rapists in the world of jack (which is basically meant to teach real world morals it seems), except gay rape which is AWFUL DISGUSTING EVIL. Even all the other rapists know that gay rape is evil (from "the musical holes" chapter. guh...)
This is also ignoring the COUNTLESS times lesbians specifically are targeted, the author has a special affection towards lesbian characters being raped to... idk, give them character development? even in way later chapters, one there's even a lesbian x lesbian rape scene, with bondage and everything, specifically framed to be as gratuitous as possible.
Sure, the rapists are never intended to be sexy, but the assault is ALWAYS supposed to be a bit of a turn on to you the viewer (you know, cause it was made by a guy with a rape fetish). Like say what you will about how DOG ASS hazbin is at handling these topics. But at least it wasn't made by the same dude who made a comic about kids with cancer being routinely raped to death by their doctor.
And tbh, this is just personal preference, but I'd take 30 more "angel dust gets raped and its not very well written" episodes of hazbin over even one more chapter of the dogshit prolife rape-fetish furry comic that is... Jack 🤢🤮
(also no hate to anon or OP, im just throwing out my opinion on the subject, no disrespect towards your opinions ^^)
