Unfortunately, we also feel that we cannot back down from our revisions request for a number of reasons.
While we understand that you would like to have Kanda's violent, troubled past reflected in his AU history, we also feel that the attempted sexual abuse is not a reasonable or necessary way of doing so. In regards to the canon example you cited, we also disagree that this is a reasonable basis for what happens in his AU history. The example you gave was not mentioned in the history section of his wiki page and therefore we did not see it during our first assessment of your app. Now that we have familiarised ourselves with it- without downplaying that it is sexual assault/ harassment- we feel that it is neither a significant enough event in his life to support the AU event, nor an example of a strong enough recurring pattern of harassment and abuse in his life. Reading Kanda's AU history, we strongly believe that the event in question could be removed or altered without significantly affecting the character he is.
Though you also cite historical accuracy, it should also be noted that the Meiji era was an intensely turbulent and violent period in Japanese history. There is no reason why you should not be able to find other, equally historically accurate ways of representing his trauma that do not involve sexual assault. We appreciate that you are looking to represent systematic victimisation and abuse, but we do not feel that the way you have done so here is appropriate when you have many other ways of recreating it. On a related note, we were troubled by your explanation that his AU self resisting sexual assault was somehow symbolic of his 'refusal to be a victim', a suggestion we found uncomfortably close to victim blaming.
We do understand if you would rather not revise your app, but ultimately we cannot accept it as it currently stands.
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While we understand that you would like to have Kanda's violent, troubled past reflected in his AU history, we also feel that the attempted sexual abuse is not a reasonable or necessary way of doing so. In regards to the canon example you cited, we also disagree that this is a reasonable basis for what happens in his AU history. The example you gave was not mentioned in the history section of his wiki page and therefore we did not see it during our first assessment of your app. Now that we have familiarised ourselves with it- without downplaying that it is sexual assault/ harassment- we feel that it is neither a significant enough event in his life to support the AU event, nor an example of a strong enough recurring pattern of harassment and abuse in his life. Reading Kanda's AU history, we strongly believe that the event in question could be removed or altered without significantly affecting the character he is.
Though you also cite historical accuracy, it should also be noted that the Meiji era was an intensely turbulent and violent period in Japanese history. There is no reason why you should not be able to find other, equally historically accurate ways of representing his trauma that do not involve sexual assault. We appreciate that you are looking to represent systematic victimisation and abuse, but we do not feel that the way you have done so here is appropriate when you have many other ways of recreating it. On a related note, we were troubled by your explanation that his AU self resisting sexual assault was somehow symbolic of his 'refusal to be a victim', a suggestion we found uncomfortably close to victim blaming.
We do understand if you would rather not revise your app, but ultimately we cannot accept it as it currently stands.