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:* a sensational, "movie of the week" topic

:* the building of suspense

:* the use of coincidence to move the plot

:* a moral which more or less reaffirms the "forbidden maxims" of society. These maxims may be opposed to the beliefs to which society gives lip service.

In general, the stories of both Klein-Hass and Pollard were so well received that, in effect, the topic could no longer be explored: any further attempt to write a portrayal of a ''Daria'' character being raped would be compared to much-more well-known and well-received stories, and the concept was effectively dead as fan fiction material.

In general '"rapefic'" is not well received in this fandom, for obvious reasons, particularly if such rapes are explicit and occur as part of the story narrative. However, for a long time, Pollard's "Sins of the Past" had the reputation forof being a well-told story.

In summer of 1999, [[Kara Wild]] wrote an essay, "[[On the Subject of Quinn and Rape]]." Although relatively mild compared to the criticism that would follow, her essay took Pollard, Klein-Hass, and [[Peter Guerin]] to task for seeming to validate the notion that rape could redeem Quinn. She argued that the reverse was just as likely, and pointed to [[John Berry]]'s [[My Quinn's Delayed Reaction]] as an example of a way Quinn could redeem herself <i>without</i> experiencing violence. In response, Klein-Hass was horrified that her work might be interpreted as a justification for rape, while Pollard admitted to Wild that he could see her point of view. Klein-Hass would later amend "[[So Turns the Wheel]]" to eliminate the "rape redemption" element.