Just stop. Really. Stop. There is no way, nor any need to portray rape "meaningfully". That implies there is some great meaning to rape, that there is a deep reason why it happens. It happens because people do bad things to each other. Sometimes there is a reason, sometimes there isn't. It is here simply as part of a narrative of something that happens to two fictional characters. You don't have to love it, or enjoy it. It doesn't have to be executed as some great serious masterpiece, because nothing else in the game was. It was all a little cheesy, a little schlocky. The reason people are focusing on other elements of the game (like the length) is because they are more important than the torture of imaginary characters. The last thing anyone wanted was more page long write ups on how to portray rape "meaningfully". Until the day comes where we aren't depicting death, violence or pain in videogames, we need to understand that all elements of human life are (and should be) on the artist's table of creation. It's not our right to pick which elements are and aren't okay for the artist to use in his creation. Is rape horrible? Absolutely. So is shooting someone in the head. Where is your write up on whether that was handled "meaningfully"?
To be fair, I shouldn't be asking you to stop. If there was an edit button, I would remove that. I apologize for that part. I understand that this is important to you, but it feels so frustrating that these are the things we choose to focus on when media depicts so many other acts of violence. I don't like the idea that any horrible act against people is worse than any other. A focus on this issue and attacking artists and creators who comment on it seems like a public lynching, especially when there is an obvious effort being made by the artist to treat it as important. Whether the voice actors or team brought it to the table in a way you feel is respectful doesn't matter. We shouldn't be trying to scare artists out of commenting (Their medium is the way they comment on these issues) about something that they have every right to feel strongly about as you do.
