First off, it's not a turn-on for me. Still, I know what you mean (you probably don't want to know how often I've read the Bainbridge scenes in Seeing I...). Since we identify with the hero/victim, I'd say it's party catharsis, and partly... Oooh I can see that where I am headed is dangerous territory, so I'll start saying "I" and go there anyway.
I have a problem with the serotonin in my brain and take medication for it - in short, I am/was depressed. During the worst phases, I often had daydreams of being a victim (in a purely non-sexual way); daydreams of hurt and comfort, if you will. And scenes where the hero becomes a victim in some way stood out to me; not only in Who, but in other things (Trek, for example, or Farscape, to stay in SF land) - because the hero was going through hell, either physically (ho-hum) or mentally (much more interesting), and he/she was surviving. My subconscious talking loudly? I have no idea. To be quite honest, I only started thinking about this as I was typing the reply to your post. You've made me think there - thank you.
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Since we identify with the hero/victim, I'd say it's party catharsis, and partly... Oooh I can see that where I am headed is dangerous territory, so I'll start saying "I" and go there anyway.
I have a problem with the serotonin in my brain and take medication for it - in short, I am/was depressed. During the worst phases, I often had daydreams of being a victim (in a purely non-sexual way); daydreams of hurt and comfort, if you will. And scenes where the hero becomes a victim in some way stood out to me; not only in Who, but in other things (Trek, for example, or Farscape, to stay in SF land) - because the hero was going through hell, either physically (ho-hum) or mentally (much more interesting), and he/she was surviving.
My subconscious talking loudly? I have no idea. To be quite honest, I only started thinking about this as I was typing the reply to your post. You've made me think there - thank you.