>>96 White Knighting works on DA and FF; I don't really get the point of 'sticking up' for someone. It was more of an issue of no one voicing their opinions sooner (or outright avoiding the fic) because no one wanted to somehow find out they were completely wrong to feel put off by this. The thing about this fic is that there is -nothing- that ties the characters to their own canon. Given that the canon is very malleable and gives tons of room for tweaking the characters, that's almost remarkable in its absurdity. It's just a constant rape fantasy that really, REALLY emphasizes Pyro's female parts despite Pyro identifying as male; the story makes a point to constantly shift from describing Pyro as male to female in a rather jarring attempt to switch POV, but it seems to be more or less an excuse to describe Pyro sexually. Rape is not sexy, nor is it enjoyable for the victim; this fic seems centered on how good it feels and how Pyro is utterly helpless to do anything besides let them constantly rape him. And instead of saying "oh, wow, I didn't realize this, can someone beta for me/help me out?", the author's response was "if you don't like it, don't read it, I'm posting it as is with no changes at all until it's finished". That shit's normally tackled ten times over as an obnoxious excuse, but instead it was given a thumbs up. To put it in perspective: if someone wrote a 'kawaii desu desu sugoi' fic here and then declared it was part of their therapy, there wouldn't be this much White Knighting. The fic itself is written alright; it's nothing to eagerly check for updates for, and the detail is sparse unless it involves more rape. I think the only redeeming factor about the plot itself is that the Scout is apparently a good guy not-rapist; instead, he's a complete coward and apparently enjoys rape if it's painless. In the game, the Scout can deliver seriously punishing damage up close and is the fastest class; it seems grossly out of character and out of class skill set for him to be a weak pushover that surrenders to, of all people, the Spy. It's just jarring to see every single character reduced to flat, emotionless sex robots that have nothing to do with their setting or canon. This story could have their names cut out, Respawn removed, and you could literally apply it to any other fandom in the world. Or give it original characters. Another example, while I'm at it: what if someone wrote a story where Soldier was beaten up by the rest of the team constantly? Soldier would be crying, begging them to stop, and they would all be laughing wildly. And it'd happen ten times over, with different people focusing on him. And their only reason would be that he looked punchable. And that was it. I think what's most baffling is that no one has a motive. They all just see that Pyro has a vagina, which Medic decided one day was reason enough to grab their teammate and have the entire team (minus demoman) rape him. And keep doing it. Because a vagina is the ultimate cause of pleasure. Even though they had no problem apparently fucking the scout prior to that. I get liking a story. But there is no story here. This is browsing Redtube for a few minutes, stringing it together, and saying it was rape instead of consensual.