I find most writers who have rape as a theme (rather than a kink which is a different motive) add that to create tragedy and drama. The characters are generally already gay or bi, so they're not attempting to explain homosexuality.
Actually, it could be just cheap made-for-tv melodramatics, on the level of yelling "fire!" to create artificial excitement in your fic because you haven't developed your villains enough to make them genuinely scary.
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Date: 2005-11-03 01:29 am (UTC)Actually, it could be just cheap made-for-tv melodramatics, on the level of yelling "fire!" to create artificial excitement in your fic because you haven't developed your villains enough to make them genuinely scary.
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