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Re: Martin, Goodkind... dacole Send a noteboard - 26/12/2011 01:11:12 AM
...they are all sad rape fantasists in my book. I absolutely believe they are getting off on it and it is one of the reasons I stopped reading any of them after the 1st book. I don't think there is any wider cultural conservative oppression in their writing, that would give them too much credit.

At worst they are just getting their jollies, at best they do not have the emotional intelligence to write on the subject and should have been told to steer clear long ago.


Really? Did you read past the rape scene by the end of that book the lady being raped has become one of the books hero's. Your interpretation is rather quite ridiculous and smacks really of to much sensitivity in my book. (and would say something else but trying to control my emotions here)
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Violence, rape, and agency in the "gritty fantasies" - 17/12/2011 01:36:54 PM 1679 Views
Hm, ok. - 17/12/2011 10:51:21 PM 1090 Views
I think we largely agree - 17/12/2011 11:23:00 PM 983 Views
Re: Hm, ok. - 26/12/2011 01:08:14 AM 976 Views
Martin, Goodkind... - 18/12/2011 01:58:33 PM 988 Views
More than just those - 18/12/2011 08:15:27 PM 916 Views
Re: More than just those - 26/12/2011 01:13:21 AM 845 Views
Re: Martin, Goodkind... - 26/12/2011 01:11:12 AM 868 Views
On more of a "meta" level, what makes a fantasy story "gritty" in the first place? - 19/12/2011 02:58:57 PM 865 Views
There has to be something more, though. - 19/12/2011 03:47:56 PM 1026 Views
Re: There has to be something more, though. - 19/12/2011 05:29:30 PM 893 Views
Re: There has to be something more, though. - 19/12/2011 09:06:14 PM 874 Views
I agree about Martin - haven't read enough Bakker to judge. - 19/12/2011 09:56:17 PM 923 Views
My problem with aSoIaF... - 20/12/2011 05:16:42 AM 917 Views
The Rhoynish influence pretty much ends in Dorne. - 20/12/2011 06:15:54 AM 898 Views
And that makes sense? - 20/12/2011 08:54:16 AM 988 Views
Yes and no. - 20/12/2011 03:10:54 PM 1023 Views
Re: Yes and no. - 26/12/2011 03:12:01 AM 875 Views
Re: And that makes sense? - 18/05/2012 01:42:52 AM 951 Views
Re: There has to be something more, though. - 20/12/2011 12:21:39 PM 832 Views
That's a question for each reader to answer then. - 20/12/2011 03:20:39 PM 736 Views
You appear to have not understood my point. - 20/12/2011 05:59:07 PM 783 Views
Re: There has to be something more, though. - 26/12/2011 03:14:04 AM 799 Views
Re: There has to be something more, though. - 26/12/2011 03:01:34 AM 822 Views
That's my general take as well - 20/12/2011 07:15:51 AM 807 Views
I like violence *NM* - 20/12/2011 07:51:39 PM 349 Views
Re: Violence, rape, and agency in the "gritty fantasies" - 25/12/2011 11:52:41 PM 1011 Views

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