Rape-Culture Award
Hello everyone! I just found this community and I'm thrilled to be here. Especially because I have so much to say!
Anyone who makes it all the way through Stephenie Meyer's series of glitter!vamp books knows that in the end, Jacob falls for Bella's barely-born baby. We've discussed the sheer, utter and total creepiness of this already, but one thing that hasn't seemed to occur to people is that Jacob is a victim too. His magic werewolf genes have determined this for him! In his right, sane, non-werewolf mind he is doubtless horrified. He's previously expressed dismay at the controlling werewolf-mating-gene-thing, after all. And that was before his magically-necessary-sex-partner turned out to be a baby.
It's not just Meyer - Mercedes Lackey and Anne MacCaffrey come immediately to mind, there's countless others.
In the same vein as the Pedo-Bear Seal of Approval, I humbly offer the bookfails community this award:
Please feel free to use this award here or on your own LJ.
EDIT: Edited for clarity since people were thinking this post was mostly about Twilight. Which is sort of a side-tangent to the Rape Culture Award, which is something ever culture commenter needs.
Anyone who makes it all the way through Stephenie Meyer's series of glitter!vamp books knows that in the end, Jacob falls for Bella's barely-born baby. We've discussed the sheer, utter and total creepiness of this already, but one thing that hasn't seemed to occur to people is that Jacob is a victim too. His magic werewolf genes have determined this for him! In his right, sane, non-werewolf mind he is doubtless horrified. He's previously expressed dismay at the controlling werewolf-mating-gene-thing, after all. And that was before his magically-necessary-sex-partner turned out to be a baby.
It's not just Meyer - Mercedes Lackey and Anne MacCaffrey come immediately to mind, there's countless others.
In the same vein as the Pedo-Bear Seal of Approval, I humbly offer the bookfails community this award:
Please feel free to use this award here or on your own LJ.
EDIT: Edited for clarity since people were thinking this post was mostly about Twilight. Which is sort of a side-tangent to the Rape Culture Award, which is something ever culture commenter needs.