[ SECRET POST #5978 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5978 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I read the series when the discourse was at its peak because I wanted to see if it was really that bad and maybe have fun hatereading (I'm past that phase of my fandom consumption now, thank god) and I ended up instead liking it unironically because of the reason you were disappointed.

Whether non-con is your thing or not, I am glad whenever someone points out what the books are actually like. One of my pet peeves is the "common knowledge" from people who haven't read the books is that it uses the "character falls in love with their rapist" trope. And that... doesn't happen! Neither of the two main characters rapes the other one. They don't get together until they're equals, so it's not even dubcon where it's consensual but one is a slave so really it's not consensual.

But I can't really point this out because "Well yeah, one of the main characters is a rapist and slave owner at first, but he doesn't rape his love interest" still doesn't exactly sound... good. But I mean, they put the goalpost at "rape is love" so hey.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah a lot of the criticism I've seen about these books seems to come from people who have only read the blurb and formed their own idea of what the story actually is. Or people who have only read the first book and so missed out on all the character and relationship development that comes later.

But I can't really point this out because "Well yeah, one of the main characters is a rapist and slave owner at first, but he doesn't rape his love interest" still doesn't exactly sound... good.

It doesn't, but it's also worth adding the caveat that this book is set in a world that doesn't exist and slavery is shown to be a normal and accepted part of every culture in that world. Anyone who is going to read these books will need to adjust their expectations and understand that this is not a series onto which you can easily map real world morals.