Even if she "wanted it", even if she loved him and was turned on and would have under most circumstances, it was acted, shot, and edited clearly that she didn't want it there, or then, and no means no, so it's rape.
It also changes the later punishment she receives for the act into one far worse, because then it'll be a clear case of victim blaming & harassment, as opposed to pious justice for her kinky and incestuous crimes.
I don't understand why HBO would do this, on so many levels.
FWIW, I found the rape of Danaerys on her wedding night to be just as horrible if not worse than this one. In the books, Drogo was gentle, kept asking Yes & No until he got a clear YES, even though those were the only words he understood. HBO just made it a violent pedophile rape.
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Date: 2014-04-23 02:20 pm (UTC)Even if she "wanted it", even if she loved him and was turned on and would have under most circumstances, it was acted, shot, and edited clearly that she didn't want it there, or then, and no means no, so it's rape.
It also changes the later punishment she receives for the act into one far worse, because then it'll be a clear case of victim blaming & harassment, as opposed to pious justice for her kinky and incestuous crimes.
I don't understand why HBO would do this, on so many levels.
FWIW, I found the rape of Danaerys on her wedding night to be just as horrible if not worse than this one. In the books, Drogo was gentle, kept asking Yes & No until he got a clear YES, even though those were the only words he understood. HBO just made it a violent pedophile rape.