RAPE FICS

[I]t's about angst… Overwhelming feelings, pain, confusion, sadness, etc. If angst is written [well], you can have this physical pressure in your chest when reading. So it's not the act of violence where we get our "kicks", but the power game, matters of self-worth and other problems that reader knows will follow after. The source of the pain is not as important as the psychological aftermath.

-Emmuzka, Why on Earth Rape Fics Exist