I think it's been pretty well established that neither party can really say no while under the effects of the ardeur. The one moment he might have been able to stop was before JC forced Anita's hand onto Micah's dick.
I think being infected with a supernatural std which forces you to rape or be raped every single day is a hell of a lot worse.
Furthermore if readers really believed "no means no", no one would have been rooting for JC back when it was just a triangle. How many times did Anita refuse to date JC? Until he threatened to murder someone she loved. He didn't even have the excuse of acting under some sort of metaphysical compulsion. Readers seemed to be thrilled with that, so why wouldn't LKH be shocked at the reaction to the shower-scene?
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Date: 2008-01-02 03:21 pm (UTC)I think being infected with a supernatural std which forces you to rape or be raped every single day is a hell of a lot worse.
Furthermore if readers really believed "no means no", no one would have been rooting for JC back when it was just a triangle. How many times did Anita refuse to date JC? Until he threatened to murder someone she loved. He didn't even have the excuse of acting under some sort of metaphysical compulsion. Readers seemed to be thrilled with that, so why wouldn't LKH be shocked at the reaction to the shower-scene?