Hmmmm...

[chubling.livejournal.com]

So, it's been a while since I read the Merry series, but my Mom and I have started this tradition of giving each other really awful romance books along with our actual Christmas presents. This year, I got her the first Merry book. I was flipping through it at her house the other day and was reminded about the Branwyn's Tears (or something really close to that) plot.

Now, the Tears are this AWFUL thing that the book makes a big deal about. They make you want to have sex with someone and are like a drug. Sound familiar? How is it that it's fine when Anita does that to people (and herself honestly), but in Merry's world, it's seen as the awful rape drug it is.

How did LKH miss that?

Comments

[knitterleigh.livejournal.com]

"It's a good thing LKH has somewhere to put violet sexual fantasies, not such a good thing that they are published."

Rape fantasies are very common for those who have been sexually abused. It makes a mind wonder........

[queenmeow.livejournal.com]

I've been wondering for a while. If that is true, the way she writes doesn't seem a very healthy way of dealing with it for her or readers. That would explain why both she and Anita go around in emotional circles. If that was true I'd think even less of her for choosing the path of victimizer for Anita.