Spoilers Harlequin: Peter - The Pimp in training

[ravenhaley.livejournal.com]

I took Flo's adivce and decided to make a thread about Peter.

So Peter is suppose to come to St. Louis with Edward and Olaf. 

Here are the Spoilers for the Harlequin:

Peter gets clawed pretty good by a weretiger trying to help Anita.

He needs rough sex because he has issues with women because of his rape by Amanda in OB- and it was too rough for his first two girlfriends.

And, the kicker of it all - but no big surprise- he has a crush on Anita and she's his hero because she saved his family.

This is just gross. Peter having a crush on Anita is just wrong, but of course he has to crush on her ... there is no one else for him to crush on who isn't the "DIETY". 

In the timeline, Peter is suppose to be 14/15 years old. Yet, it would seem LKH will forget about his age because she forgets everything else (i.e. Asher smokes, Damian's age and oh how about a PLOT!)

But this isn't the first time LKH has mention sex and someone under the age of 18. If I remember, DM had the Siren making deals with Anita to sleep with her kids for them to come into their powers. I only thing one of them is over the age limit. So this doesn't surprise me. It is very much the direction of where LKH has gone now. The only thing on her mind is sex, sex, and more sex. For it is the only thing she writes about and there isn't anything to stop her including age limit.

As for Peter, I am not surprise this is where they are taking him. Look at Nate for crying out loud. This was a creature Anita was trying to help since BO and BM. Yet, somewhere from OB and NIC he no longer became this scared helpless barely over the age of 18 who was abused and kicked to the sideline. Oh no, he became a "stud muff"    Which I never got that. Nate is not a strong character. I still see the character as a broken boy who doesn't know how to take care of himself without selling himself one way or another. That alone is a reason I never liked the character.

There is just some things you can cross the line but others you can't. Furry sex and underage sex is just things no one should touch. Someone apparently doesn't know that. We have seen Furry sex  .... it is a matter of time for the other and it looks like it could be this next book. Of course, to justify the means LKH will just forget Peter's real ago and call him 18. I mean his "fake" ID says so. *eyeroll*

I think LKH won't write about therapy maybe because she is afraid she will learn that sex can't and will not solve your problems. Instead of drinking like most "normal" people, LKH has made Anita and the rest of the characters think sex is the answer to the questions. Anita still hasn't gotten over her mother's death or her father re-marrying. How about her ex who left her because she was mixed. She still harbors these issues and is making her life evening more of a mess the more she buries the problems underneath the next person she sleeps with.

Or maybe this is just life imitating art? 

Thoughts?

Comments

Re: Actual text from the book

[stefflebug.livejournal.com]

We all know that for LKH feminism means 'act like a guy' not push for equality. This is further proof that Anita is aiming more and more to be stereotypically male rather than a feminist. Gah.

Re: Actual text from the book

[daphne-gateau.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the text :)

I assume that's Edward talking? Interesting that he defines 'perfect' as "quiet, respectful, pretty". The polar opposite of Anita, much closer to Donna. Tho, I can't envision him saying 'sweet' lol, this sounds like his general attitude about people. He echoes what I think of as stereotypical macho male. And at least it seems that he acknowledges there is a problem going on here.

The old Anita would have jumped on Ed about suggesting submissive = perfect. But nope. She goes on to suggest Peter did nothing wrong. Doesn't even flinch about them having sex at 14/15. She's stone cold with her 'it happens' crap. Then she goes on to suggest it's the girl's fault there is a problem at all with her buyer's remorse. Way to dismiss a problem that doesn't star you, Anita. So disgusting.

I hate to say Anita has a male point of view because it's an insult to men. lol! It's old-fashioned male macho pigness at it's worst maybe, but where did she get that 'tude? Definately not feminist as all. Anita just comes across as a sociopath without sympathy or feelings for other people's issues when they don't center on HER. Actually that makes sense for Anita, but I don't think it's the characterization LKH intends.

Or maybe it is? I don't know anymore. lol

Re: Actual text from the book

[teamlexana.livejournal.com]

Buyers remorse?!! What the fuck is that suspose to mean?!! Just because a woman says yes to sex doesn't freaking mean the man has a right to be rough with her. Damn, that's like the good old boy saying "she was asking for it".

Re: Actual text from the book

[longtail.livejournal.com]

Just because it starts out as sex doesn't mean it can't turn into rape. Rape is when it turns non-consensual. That, right there, is what RAPE IS.

This makes me seriously angry.

Re: Actual text from the book

[everstar3.livejournal.com]

WHAT.

.......

I. Have no words. I mean, I can understand Edward using the phrase "the usual" to describe how the young woman was hurt, given that Edward is Not Okay Upstairs, but, seriously, what. the. fuck.

I could just slap Laurell for doing this.