>>120938784Guys, they're trying to get a concept inherently predicated around violence past the censors enough to show to kids. That means no blood, which inherently means you need to show damage without actually showing wounds.
Electrocution is pretty handy at being painful and torturous while giving writers enough wiggle-room to say that the burns didn't show up on their body. Moreso than, say, swords or bullets ripping people apart would, at any rate.
