LKH Lashouts

The consent thing in the AB:VH books really pisses me off. I have no problem with people who have a fetish for rape scenarios; there are entire subgenres of romance dedicated to appealing to that audience. I just wish she'd admit that that's what it is; it's a non-consent fantasy, and while some in the BDSM scene can and will incorporate that if both partners are willing and can discuss the best way to safely gratify that desire, that is not at all what she's portraying at all. She's not even doing a good job of portraying a non-consent fantasy; it's more a Catholic guilt/shame thing to try to preserve her heroine's righteousness as someone of upright near-virginal purity. She doesn't want it, so she's not really a bad slutty girl. (Heaven forbid she be sex-positive about the freedoms she enjoys.) These other people she coerces don't really want it, but Anita knows what's best for them and is doing her duty, so they should just bow to her will because it's for their own good. That's not gratifying a non-consent fantasy. That's just fucked up personal issues with sex and Catholic guilt masquerading as a bad portrayal of BDSM.