Well, if it's a one shot, I can sometimes look past it and just say "gimmick!" and move on. But it's more the idea of multiple one shot stories with this kind of thing, or the HUGE multi-part stories that have these horrific situations in practically each and every part. There is one author in particular that I'm thinking of, who happens to be in an entirely different fandom, but I do see it happening more and more often across fandom in general.