I'm disgusted.

[severity_softly]

I haven't read (until now) or participated in any of the "was or wasn't Hotch raped" debates, but I have heard about this sort of opinion before: some people seem to want this storyline WAY too much. And that makes me incredibly uncomfortable.

I haven't made up my mind one way or the other whether I think that's what happened, and I would be fine either way, but the "that storyline would just be SO-OMG-AWESOME" comments sort of make me feel queasy. I hadn't read them until it came up in my journal. You know, it's my journal, and I really sort of don't want to hear "OMG I HOPE HOTCH GOT RAPED". I really, REALLY don't. Do I think that storyline might be compelling? Sure. Do I think it makes sense and could have very well happened? Sure, if it's played right. Am I practically pissing my pants with joy at the idea that Hotch might have been brutally (as if there is any other kind of sexual assualt) raped at his weakest moment by the man he most wants to catch, and that he'll probably be scarred for life? No, and I think it's sort of a disgusting way to think.

Sorry if any of you all feel that way. I haven't read any reaction posts because I haven't made up my mind, so I might be pissing some of my flist off. But whatever. It's how I feel. I don't want to listen to squeefull discussion about rape, tyvm.

I am leaving this unlocked, but if anyone decides they want to argue that this sort of squee is acceptable, I may not reply, as I will probably get more disgusted. I hold nothing against the people who have left those comments mentioned. It's their opinion, and they're welcome to it. I just happen to find it all distasteful. If anyone decides it's acceptable to find these comments in my journal that I mentioned and start wank, however, IT'S NOT, and I may unfriend/ban people over it. You're warned.

Comments

[maekala.livejournal.com]

I remember watching the episode and wondering if they were leading up to a rape and also thinking that we were about to get either some awesome storytelling or CM was going to go down the tube because they were going to fuck it up so badly. But, as people are saying, it does make more sense for it not to have happened. I wouldn't be surprised if we get some post-trauma scenes that are reminiscent of rape victims mostly because there was that creepy subtext vibe going and I don't think anyone living through that could NOT have a reaction.

I've seen the yay!Rape! comments in other fandoms, though, thankfully, have managed to avoid them in this case. I get that rape can be used as a storytelling device and, in cases where the author understands how to handle it and that it is not cured by the magic!sexing of any kind (I read more femslash and it does happen there, too), then it can be a fantastic character study. I've even read a fic or two where they were able to write the rape scene where it was not about gratuitous noncon and more about what was going on in the victim's head. But as soon as it becomes about seeing the sexing, it becomes a squick.

I guess my point is that I can see both sides of the debate but am firmly on the "can we not celebrate the idea, please?" side.