#even a lot of the published psych thriller out there just Sucks So Bad

[coldresolve]

out of curiosity, are there any stories (other than your own) on tumblr that you've found portray torture/adjacent subjects with more tact and accuracy?

on tumblr? honestly? no.

but what i personally seek out is also this very tiny niche-within-a-niche-within-a-niche kinda thing so im not making it easy on myself lmao

focus on atmosphere, absurd degree of subtlety, author is willing to grapple with some actually fucky dynamics (love/hate isn't enough), has to have a solid theme, etc. psychological fiction tends to hit the mark for me in this regard, but not a lot of people write those genres, so

has to feature copious amounts of violence, but specifically violence with the vibes i'm into lol rip. im openminded but it has to feel "real", and the gay villain stereotype makes me exhausted

"portrays torture realistically" - nobody likes to do research and popular culture has sucked up all the propaganda. this is, genuinely, the tiniest niche of them all

usually the fiction i read hits one or two of these at once, but all three kinda have to align for me to go batshit over it enough to recommend it to others. this just does not happen a whole lot. especially not on tumblr, cause writers here tend to have fandom trope brain. just not my thing ykwim. i try to seek out writers on tumblr pretty often but man, i just have much, much better luck outside of social media

if yall have recs, please, im desperate lmfao

oh and if you want a rec for a thing i love (not really about torture, more just violence/sadomasochism): xavier dolan's tom a la ferme is so fucking good. its the pinnacle of psychosexual thriller imo