[ SECRET POST #2546 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2546 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

But with the telepathic links to their dragons, don't the riders want to just as much? Yes, even the male green riders.

[(Anonymous)]

The riders have the physical need but not the emotional want, if that makes sense? It's still rape if they don't want it but their body does.

[ketita]

I think there was a vague sense of mitigation by the hint that usually the dragon would only ultimately mate with a dragon whose rider their rider could tolerate.
If the concept were tweaked a little, I think the general rapey-ness could be mitigated. And iirc with some of the other dragons there were pairs that had been together for years, because other dragons wouldn't seriously compete because they knew the pair was already solid (riders and dragons both).

[(Anonymous)]

Except when Tai was introduced, she'd never wanted any of the riders whose dragons caught hers, and considered all of the times her dragon had risen to be rape. She has a pretty obvious panic reaction when she realises her green's about to rise again and there's no way to get away from the bronzerider with her.

In some cases, especially the pairs whose dragons and riders both were okay with the arrangement, it's less awkward, but there's definitely cases in canon where it's pretty clear the rider had no choice in the matter.

[ketita]

No, you're definitely right, and I said in my first comment that one of the things I'd edit in terms of story is the rape-aspects of dragon mating.
Though, on the flipside, it could be presented as a legitimately negative part of being a dragonrider and an issue to deal with - essentially it's a kind of sex pollen effect, and you have this dichotomy between loving their dragon but hating this aspect of life. I mean, of course it would be difficult to deal with it sensitively, but I personally like when fantasy worlds are shown with their own complications and drawbacks.