Another thought that's not an insta-reaction

[ratherastory]

Behind a cut, because of spoilers.

Am I the only one who's having issues with Show's humour, lately?

Potty humour aside, I am getting increasingly squicked by the rape jokes. Is it me, or are they getting more... explicit? I mean, there was the "rode hard and put up wet" from earlier seasons, but this last episode just made me wince and CRINGE.

Comments

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Oh, dude, I missed the implication of the rape thing before killing Meg. I erred on the side of optimism and assumed it would be consensual. :(

Colour me even more unimpressed.

[claudiapriscus.livejournal.com]

I'm just shocked. How did that get out of the writer's room without someone saying, "hey, let's step back and take another look at this"?

How did it pass the network?

I actually feel like writing the FCC, which is bizarre.

[cordelia-gray.livejournal.com]

I guess I took that more as a reference to the kissing scene, which Meg seemed quite enthused about - I'm hoping that the writers just missed the rapey implications of that, rather than actually meaning them to be there. Yikes.

[claudiapriscus.livejournal.com]

Maybe my brain just went there because of the obvious antagonism, or the implied torture-rape, or all the other rape jokes, but yeah. In the off chance it wasn't intentional, someone still should have said something.

[mimblexwimble.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure it was meant to be read as something that would be consensual. Meg initiated the kiss and nothing makes me feel like they were talking about raping her.