- Apr 8, 2018
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Because it ends the game. Corrupt aggressors keep the game moving. Corrupted victim = game over.Personally, I don't see what the problem is her eventually becoming a sex-crazed predator, bearing in mind 99.99 % of male protagonists are sex-crazed predators, and nobody bats an eyelid.
If you can keep the MC from jumping the shark and turning into a sex doll, the game lasts longer. There are lots of ways to do it. For example:
- shame and regret after messing up (too many games instead have their protagonist like everything that happens, which makes it impossible to go back)
- doing bad things unwittingly (while under influence of drugs, alcohol, etc.)
- doing bad things nonconsensually (e.g., blackmail, etc.)
- and oddly uncommon: redemption arcs. For example, during a bad act, she gets caught by boyfriend, she apologizes and promises never to let it happen again, and they make up. Now she is back to start and ready to fall again. (Critical: The bad act she gets caught in should not be her fault -- e.g., she was being blackmailed -- otherwise her promises now sound like lies, which means she's corrupted, just in a different way.)
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