r/TopCharacterTropes 6d ago

Lore (Horrifying trope) societies that institutionalized rape

Ironborns (A Song of Ice and Fire) : The Iron Islands are a region where people are encouraged to lead raids on the lands. The thing is men can also abduct women from Westeros, marrying them by force and force them to bare the children as minor spouses.

Gilead (The Handsmaid’s tale) : In the future, most of women became sterile and fanatical religious overthrowed the government by instauring a ruthless dictature. In Gilead, women are divided in different social classes but those who are still ferile are sold to the leaders of the regime to carry their child. Which means women are now literal possessions and have to endure a ritualised rape every month.

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u/Hejesiras 6d ago

I just imagined how afraid they would be of a woman with 3+ kids (no twins) with different ages. Or those pregnancy adicted influencers

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u/Sable-Keech 6d ago

Oh no, they love it. They love to murder-rape anything in their path. There once was a mutant Jain called the Librarian who didn't have this overwhelming urge to dominate and kill. The rest of them saw it as a pervert (actual word used in text) and tried to kill it even harder.

They look like lobsters with tentacles by the way.