Pretty twisted sometimes, I just remembered the myth of Leda and the swan. :)
i agree, but TBH, I think Zeus was an A-hole. Most classical heroes too. They seem self-centered and not very concerned about their partners.
We really see eye to eye here, AG, especially when it comes to the significant difference between the GOT books and the way rape is used on the TV show. Rape didn't bother me in GRRM's books either, totally agree, simply because he used it so very differently. As you said (and as I said in my "novel" post), what bothers me (and they did the same thing with the rape of the male lead character on Outlander) is the way they use for sheer shock value, a sensationalized titbit for horny - male - viewers slobbering in front of their screens. I made the mistake of checking the IMDB message board right after the S---a rape and was absolutely horrified with the posts there. I realize that's a lot of young teenage boys trolling, but still... It's as if the show is feeding perverted peeping toms on a regular basis.
I will continue to watch the show, I guess, albeit reluctantly. Thankfully it doesn't affect the love I have for the books either.
With Outlander, it was simply too much (and tbh, I wasn't crazy about the books to begin with). And it wasn't just the way the male/male rape was portrayed, it was the way the media (especially people like that stupid Kristin dos Santos from E!) nearly felll over each other with excitement over the rape scenes. It was sickening.
P.S.: Thanks to the guys who posted about the idea of the metaphor behind rape or non-con in mangas (free of guilt, sexual awakening etc.), that I mentioned earlier. I think it's a really important aspect in stories like Viewfinder.
Oh, don't get me started there. Lady! ;) I enjoyed the Tudors very much, BUT: The way they portrayed George Boleyn, including the rapes, p---ed me off to no end.
And yeah, the Lucrezia wedding night rape is another "fine" example of rape for the sake of shock value. As I wrote earlier. Rape is suddenly a THING, it seems.
Yes, it seems. Poor little Lucrezia! :(
They use it as selling point, not the show or plot, who is in it. Maybe it's bec. there are so many channels they have to get ad. revenue and eyes on the show quickly.instead of good writing, they use sex of the base kind. they have to compete with the internet now too. If they put on good shows people would watch them.
I get what you're saying. The first time I read Finder (YEARS AGO) I hated how Asami raped Takaba and forced him, it was also my first time reading a BDSM related manga so the first chapter was quite a shock. In time, however, I just learned to view it as a work of fiction and taking it as enjoyment and not very seriously. Especially in yaoi, where you see this kind of thing a lot. I don't support it in rl but.. yeah idk
There is one manga which I have a similar reaction to yours and that is D.Gray-man T__T I stopped reading it years ago because.. poor Allen.
Also, it reminded me of a manga called I.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IS_(manga)
I could not go beyond the 3rd chapter. My heart cant take it.
I just can't do it. I cannot READ this. I get that it's fictional, and that it's also a yaoi... But I really cannot bring myself to finish reading this.
I'm the type of person that gets really deeply emotionally immersed into a story. I can't help identifying with them. I can't help feeling the desperation, the frustration, and utter disrespectful treatment that Akihito is forced to deal with. I cannot do it.
Asami doesn't deserve him, and Akihito never deserved this.
I do not, and cannot understand how a person can manipulate and treat someone like they-- LIKE THEY'RE A DOG? I ask, HOW could anybody do that to someone?
Not only this, but, Akihito is constantly manipulated, and disregarded. He has no self respect.
I don't think it's honourable to "forgive and forget" things like this, I think it's foolish. It honestly hurts my pride. Not as a woman, but as a human being.
I don't mean to insult the mangaka or the manga in anyway. I think the art is A-MAZING. AND THE PLOT IS TOOO GOOOD. However, for my own sanity (and because it's 4am on a school night) I cannot keep reading.
OKAY, VENTING DONE. (I got this way over Caste Heaven too ... Just can't do it!)