#i just rewatched promising young woman and i'm still salty as hell

[stonersolana]

i don't think people who make movies/shows about women getting revenge actually understand what it is the audience wants.

we don't want to see her end up dead or in prison. we want to see the guy she's punishing to suffer, we want the catharsis of the victim finally giving the piece of shit the justice they deserve. i want to see the piece of shit scared and ruined, or even end up dead so they can't hurt anyone ever again. i want the woman to walk away feeling finally at ease, justice having been served. i want to see her moving on, healing from her trauma, i want the piece of shit to be hurt in a way that they'll never heal again.

i don't care if it's not "realistic", if a woman finally goes feral and decides to dole out justice against monsters i don't want to see her dead or in prison by the end, i want the catharsis of knowing that justice was served and that it actually helped her move on knowing she protected others from being hurt.

#sunbun speaks #i REALLY hate this trope #i cannot explain how much i hate this trope #i want 2 hours of the abuser/rapist's pain and fear and suffering #i want the woman to live and get away with it #i want to see someone doling out justice and finding a release of pain from it #why the fuck - as an actual victim of abuse/rape - would i want to watch the woman finally standing up for herself die?? #i feel like directors really forget that in movies like that there's supposed to be catharsis at the end #fuck i'm so tired of this trope #i just rewatched promising young woman and i'm still salty as hell #cause idc if she wouldn't have realistically gotten out of that place alive #i wanted to see her claw and fight and bite her way out while leaving a trail of bodies and a river of blood in her wake #i didn't want to see her SUFFOCATE TO DEATH BY HER FRIEND'S RAPIST #in the end the rapist didn't get justice - he only got arrested #and we all know how good police are at gathering evidence against rapists and actually convicting them #let alone putting them in prison #maybe for a few months at max if they ever even see prison #the law does nothing to actually punish rapists #i want to see Rosalie from Twilight's backstory in a 2 hour long movie #ugh whatever i'll just add the idea of this post to the story i'm writing #watch out for a story about a bunch of feral traumatized women getting revenge and getting away with it! #also feel free to reblog this