I think the assault on London was more like a pusher forcibly readdicting a recovering addict. What he feared was the addiction.
What she did to Richard in NiC was more clearly a rape than anything else in the series including the Micah shower-scene, since she could feel his fear through the mind-link and enjoyed forcing herself on the one man who wouldn't allow him to control her, the way a bully of a man would enjoy raping a woman he couldn't control.
He told her before hand that he wouldn't feed the ardeur, when it started he screamed, pushed her hands away and tried to leave the room. He clearly felt violated, and Anita even blamed the victim by saying he never said no.
Afterwards, because he had enough remaining self-esteem to leave her, he's called self-loathing, and the fans agree with her, and blame him for hurting her? When an abused person leaves their abuser, it's not considered to be hurting the abuser by sane people, and no one would blame him, or side with her if the genders were reversed.
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Date: 2008-05-27 09:28 pm (UTC)What she did to Richard in NiC was more clearly a rape than anything else in the series including the Micah shower-scene, since she could feel his fear through the mind-link and enjoyed forcing herself on the one man who wouldn't allow him to control her, the way a bully of a man would enjoy raping a woman he couldn't control.
He told her before hand that he wouldn't feed the ardeur, when it started he screamed, pushed her hands away and tried to leave the room. He clearly felt violated, and Anita even blamed the victim by saying he never said no.
Afterwards, because he had enough remaining self-esteem to leave her, he's called self-loathing, and the fans agree with her, and blame him for hurting her? When an abused person leaves their abuser, it's not considered to be hurting the abuser by sane people, and no one would blame him, or side with her if the genders were reversed.