Dat blatant rape porn.

hmmmg I think it was within terms of 'play'. The guy had a fetish induced by his rape incident.

I'd say the man picked up on it. He wasn't that drunk, but I'd say that even when drunk you should be eligible to give consent. We shouldn't infantilize victims.

The only thing I don't believe is having amazing sex while being super drunk lol. But anyway, if that happened to me I'd be so down for it you wouldn't even know!

I'd be down for it too, but there are a few things i want to point out:

1. He was drunk enough that he passed out and was carried home.

2. He didn't even remember the guy when he woke up and was immediately accusing the guy of rape until the guy started saying he asked for it, which at that point is null.

3. If you look, he scared the shit out of the uke their first time, he implied he was the rapist before holding him down and fucking him. He didn't clear things up till he woke up.

Whether he had a kink or not, the situation was just really risky on the cop's part, he quite literally held him down and fucked him while he was confused about what was going down and then he was forced to have sex in front of the stalker while, again, protesting. It was 50/50, either the uke was going to view it as rape or he was going to be okay with it. Hell, the uke didn't even tell him about the fetish, the cop guessed it from the stalker's notes and how easy it was for the seme to get in his house. But yeah, it was pretty hot. ლ(´ڡ`ლ)

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I see what you mean.

I'd say the rape accusation would be the result of him feeling shameful, but yeah in the end the way everything is constructed it is leading us on to a blurry context, on second thought it wasn't that safe/clearly consensual.

I'm struggling a bit with whether this is a story that one could say romanticizes rape or not, because I feel like it presents his kink/shame and the actual rape in different light and as different things although maybe influencing each other, but you are right that it is a bit blurry, even if intentional (perhaps to get us in the mood by making us unsure? lol)

What do you think? Would you call it that?

No, i wouldn't say it is romanticized rape because the rape fetish is portrayed as that, a fetish. The MC doesn't fall in love with the cop, he tries to become fuck buddies with him because he liked the rape play, even though it was basically rape because he was so drunk and didn't know the seme was playing. I guess it's like, the ultimate rape play?

As far as the portrayal, his kink and the actual rape WERE different, weren't they? He still describes the 1st time as "rape", he didn't want it, but from that experience he learned that he likes to be held down and fucked. It's a lot of conflicting emotions, while he didn't want the sex that time, it's implied that his kink developed during the rape because the guy (actually ended up being his senpai) sounded like the senpai he had a crush on back then. The sex with the cop was a thrill, he was ready for it after the initial... Shock? And was asking for more. The rape was rape, the rape play was dub-con because he ended up okay with it. He even tried to report the rape. He was stuck with this newfound urge for a long time after the rape unable to have sex, he became desperate for someone to help satisfy him (he actually says this, he says he wants anyone to come fuck him and then says even the stalker would do, he then goes on to say that, because of his kink, it turns him on knowing that his rapist is out there and that he could be raped), that's why everything is so blurry. Everything IS blurry, he's experiencing conflicting emotions and is so desperate for his kink to be satisfied that it's starting to look like he liked the 1st rape, but you can see that he only says those things about his rapist being on the other side of the door because after so long with no sex and under all that pressure, even quitting track, he's literally desperate for someone to fuck him.

At the end of the day, it really is hard to see the difference between when he was raped and the sex scene with the cop as, during both, the MC started out not wanting it. I guess the difference is in the emotions and overall context. The MC had literally been asking the cop to fuck him (though he didn't remember it), had actually begged for more once the sex started and, after the explanation from the cop, was okay with what happened after. He's even trying to hook up with him more. The senpai on the other hand terrifies him, he didn't show joy when he found out the senpai was his stalker/rapist, he tried to run and then pressed the panic button. He was scared of him after the rape rather than horny for more. He was actually traumatized by the senpai, but not by the cop.

Hahah ultimate rape play.

Yeah I understand what you mean. I found it a very interesting story because of its blurriness but also because of the fact that it didn't shy away for calling rape what it is.
A lot of the time rape in yaoi is given a ton of excuses to soften the action so that the couple can still end up together.
I liked that this was about his trauma, his shame, his developed fetish and finally about the difference in his traumatic experience and the sex he has later with the cop (guess the dub-con thing was more of the sake of the thrill? - maybe not so much for the character but more for the audience..? I also think if he wasnt that drunk he wouldnt have asked for sex, he'd be too ashamed, so it was a plot device in that way as well).

But yeah, thanks for throwing in your two cents, it's always great to hear someone else's reasoning of a work, even with yaoi hahah. I think works like yaoi are in a way the ultimate mirror of culture, since it is a lot more unfiltered and a lot more about what the author and the audience desires.

Thank you, and it was nice talking with you too. :^)