I get angry at the author for using the idea/plot up (made a piece of crap with a great idea for a story), making it difficult to another author to write something better.
Heh. I was sorely tempted to do my own take on Sheppard being drugged by some horny prince/princess, but with attempted rape instead of actual rape (I would never do that to Shep. The concept is far too nauseating, plus, even drugged, I think shep would still try to fight back). And Rodney and Ronon (and whoever else) either acting in outrage or coming to realize that - even though nothing had happened - it was still a frightening and humiliating situation for Sheppard.
There was an episode where an evil female character 'drugged' Ben's character and basically coerced Crichton into having sex. Some fans thought the character would just shrug it off as he was a guy... Ben sad his character would never have gotten over the 'rape' (his words) and that came out in a later episode (I saw it and you could see the anger Crichton had towards her).
Hmmm, I wonder if I saw that episdoe. It's been a while so I can't remember now.
That's the reason I still keep trying to come up with "attempted rape-fics," to illustrate that the victim being a guy doesn't make them any less of a victim. Far from it. It's loss of control. It's being subdued and used and made less than human. If Sheppard were actually raped, I think it would tear him apart. To be almost raped (and saved at the last minute) it would leave him humiliated and angry. And I think it incredibly sexist and rather cruel to think a guy wouldn't have any problems with being raped because he's a guy.
I think the author of that story was trying to be funny. Which is why I wondered if I'd missed something, or the writer didn't make something clear. Either way, though. It was a bad idea ot have Sheppard drugged in order to get him in bed with this prince, and then have Rodney and Ronon react with indifference.
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Date: 2008-01-18 10:12 pm (UTC)From:Heh. I was sorely tempted to do my own take on Sheppard being drugged by some horny prince/princess, but with attempted rape instead of actual rape (I would never do that to Shep. The concept is far too nauseating, plus, even drugged, I think shep would still try to fight back). And Rodney and Ronon (and whoever else) either acting in outrage or coming to realize that - even though nothing had happened - it was still a frightening and humiliating situation for Sheppard.
Hmmm, I wonder if I saw that episdoe. It's been a while so I can't remember now.
That's the reason I still keep trying to come up with "attempted rape-fics," to illustrate that the victim being a guy doesn't make them any less of a victim. Far from it. It's loss of control. It's being subdued and used and made less than human. If Sheppard were actually raped, I think it would tear him apart. To be almost raped (and saved at the last minute) it would leave him humiliated and angry. And I think it incredibly sexist and rather cruel to think a guy wouldn't have any problems with being raped because he's a guy.
I think the author of that story was trying to be funny. Which is why I wondered if I'd missed something, or the writer didn't make something clear. Either way, though. It was a bad idea ot have Sheppard drugged in order to get him in bed with this prince, and then have Rodney and Ronon react with indifference.