I assume you mean "The experience of stumbling on a pet-death scene is different [for me]". Otherwise it sounds like you're saying, and I assume you're not, that seeing a pet-death scene is aesthetically worse because at least rape scenes "can be beautifully photographed, cleverly plotted, well acted, etc". Maybe that is what you're saying.
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I assume you mean "The experience of stumbling on a pet-death scene is different [for me]". Otherwise it sounds like you're saying, and I assume you're not, that seeing a pet-death scene is aesthetically worse because at least rape scenes "can be beautifully photographed, cleverly plotted, well acted, etc". Maybe that is what you're saying.