The sex is brutal, no doubt about it. No offense to the writer, but the fact that they were in the middle of having sex isn't really relevant to deciding if Mulder raped Scully. What's relevant is whether or not there was consent. If my husband and I were in the middle of intercourse and I suddenly decided I'd had enough and told him to stop and he didn't, that's rape.
But even once she's had her mind restored, Scully doesn't think she was raped? Maybe she's still under the influence of the black oil? Yeah, it doesn't make sense.
I see no evidence in the text to support that Mulder was under the influence of the black oil, so that's irrelevant, too. Mulder loving Scully, also not relevant.
I'm rereading it now to try to figure out why it doesn't ping my rape buttons, because I am easily pinged. I'm thinking now that it just doesn't seem very real. I think I just read it and thought, oh it would never happen that way and went on with the story.
Regardless of what Scully says about whether he raped her or not, Mulder's actions were still inexcusable, and he knows it. And we know it, too.
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Re: a really troubling sex scene.
Date: 2011-06-15 10:18 pm (UTC)But even once she's had her mind restored, Scully doesn't think she was raped? Maybe she's still under the influence of the black oil? Yeah, it doesn't make sense.
I see no evidence in the text to support that Mulder was under the influence of the black oil, so that's irrelevant, too. Mulder loving Scully, also not relevant.
I'm rereading it now to try to figure out why it doesn't ping my rape buttons, because I am easily pinged. I'm thinking now that it just doesn't seem very real. I think I just read it and thought, oh it would never happen that way and went on with the story.
Regardless of what Scully says about whether he raped her or not, Mulder's actions were still inexcusable, and he knows it. And we know it, too.