Aren't you just so sick of people thinking that Rape equals love? Well the excuse for that is Stockholm Syndrome. Writers totally forget how rare Stockholm Syndrome really is, and that it takes certain circumstances, and isn't influenced by repeatedly raping somebody. It's something to do with the victim identifying with the captor as a protecting figure in a dangerous enviroment. A survival instinct, if you will.

It is, in short, a goddamn mental illness, because frequently despite the victim identifying with their captor as a protecting figure even when they may be put in danger by sympathising with them.

Then there's Lima Syndrome which is when the captors sympathise with their victims.

Can Stockholm Syndrome actually be done right? How badly can it be done wrong? How fucking sick are you of people claiming rape victims falling in love in a matter of twenty damn minutes? What is it with people wanting to call the enjoyment of being raped Stockholm Syndrome when that mental illness has in fact no relation whatsofuckingever to getting bum-fucked?

harley you're the only one who writes Stockholm Syndrome

rape = love is a different thing entirely

I've read a fic where the protagonist came dangerously close to developing Stockholm and I actually think that this particular author could have written it correctly if she'd chosen to go in that direction with it.

aethertube and I started a fic where it would feature prominently but someone commented on it and was very clearly shlicking to it. I... I must hang my head in shame; I couldn't continue because it creeped me out.

Stockholm Syndrome =/= falling in love with captors.

My advice is for you to buy Transformers toys and set alone in your room, banging them together and pretending that they're raping each other.

Then, you wouldn't have to care about doing it right.

Everybody tries to do Rape Is Love at some point. Sometimes it's not so appallingly bad as other times, and sometimes it can even be quite good.People thinking Stockholm Syndrome comes from getting raped is one of the wonderful things that lead to bad fanfiction.

I think it's a mistake all beginning Rape Fetish lwriters make at some point.

Well, all the people I know.

I've seen Stockholm syndrome written well. It's not a bad thing to
write about. The problem is, it's so easy to screw up if you don't know
what the hell you're doing, or if your only interest is in getting a
character to have implausibly hot sex with the villain.

And yeah, rape, or bad treatment in general, is probably not going to
make someone experience Stockholm syndrome. It might make them obey the
captor out of fear, but sympathy doesn't seem like a very likely
outcome.

And I am also a bit confused over these multiple Stockholm syndrome threads.

I've sometimes wondered, at what point does a victim stop wondering what the hell is going on with all that unwanted groping, and realise that they're going to get raped.

Even though Harley's schtick is kind of old hat by now, I still can't help but wonder if she was actually raised by robotic hyena-hedgehogs and has never really had any sort of interaction with another human being.

Forgive me, WGW, for I hath sinned.

While there was absolutely no rape involved, I did induce Stockholm Syndrome romance between a naive girl and a noble demon supervillain.