Is it "M" rated to have a scene where there's ordered suic!de?

[kyupol]

The character orders the soldiers to shoot them. A suicide order basically. Is that M rated? Even if there's no brutal graphic representation of violence?

[joannekwan]

Yes, that ought to be marked

[grozalyn]

Content warnings are there to protect the viewer from something they may not want to see, so I'd label it on the basis of if it might be considered upsetting to audiences. Without any further context, I'd say you should label it.

[BoomerZ]

No. If it happens off scene, that itself is the censorship of the scene. People get shot all the time in pg-13 movies. Remember this scene?
No one had a problem with it. The audience is not as fragile as you think.

[joannekwan]

I mean technically Tapas and the app stores only require marking for explicit sexual content and realistic graphic violence.

But I would just mark it for the audience's sake since you never know who'll end up on your episode.

[kyupol]

I guess scene context applies in M ratings?

Someone getting shot in a gun battle scene != Someone getting shot by sui order...

Someone falling off a building by accident != Someone purposely jumping off a building because they wanted to off themselves.

Someone getting run over by a train due to stupidity != Getting run over by the train with the intent to end their life...

[joannekwan]

Yeah compared to regular fictional violence/death, suicide should be more of a heightened concern when thinking about your potential readers since it's much more likely that people have personally known friends or family that have died by suicide or came close with fighting depression and ideation.