FIC: "The Bandage and the Blade," Helen/Will/Nikola, Sanctuary, NC17

[geonncannon]

Title: The Bandage and the Blade
Author: geonncannon
Fandom: Sanctuary
Pairing: Helen Magnus/Nikola Tesla/Will Zimmerman
Word Count: 2,432
Category: AU, Angst, hurt/comfort, drama
Spoilers: End of Nights, Vigilante, One Night, Wingman, Carentan, Out of the Blue
Disclaimer: They don't belong to me.
Rating: NC17
Sequel to: The Whisper and the Shout, but it's

Comments

[querulouspeg]

Just wanted to rub your shoulder a little bit. As someone who flits between male and female identities I have experience a bit of a double standard when it comes to rape. True, it a bit issue for feminists (of which I am one) because it is in some western countries (par example the UK) a crime that goes virtually unpunished, and can be viewed as the strongest way in which patriarchy manifests itself. That being said, as a female if I treat the subject of rape in a lighthearted or gratutious way, it's more or less permitted. When I adopt a male persona, people jump down my throat. I guess it's just one of those things. It

[querulouspeg]

gah fecking computer....sorry.
...it's not like men don't also get raped.

Anyway, don't let people hassle you for putting controversial subjects in your fics.

(just stick a warning on it!)

re: male persona

[gsyh]

(A) Polly Oliver chiming in here!

Sometimes I crossdress when I have to stay out late, and it's...interesting. See, when I'm out as a lady, I have to be hyper aware of being groped (that has happened...), but when I'm out as Polly Oliver, I can doze off in public, but I also now have to be hyper vigilante of NOT appearing like I'm groping someone, or make a woman uncomfortable by being too close to her, sometimes it's shocking to see a woman suddenly move the other way from me before I remember how I look.

It's just, 1)Let's go with what people feel comfortable with, as long as that isn't something that discomfort someone else more in an unreasonable way, and 2)there is a logical reason for this, as in general, man have more brute strength, I remember this boy back in HS who was skinny like a twine, he was skinnier than me, but he was really, really, really strong, he moved with ease the curtain raising wheel that I was really struggling with, and I'm kinda strong - for a girl. Plus, patriarchy.

Re: male persona

[querulouspeg]

I can't really cross dress convincingly on account of my enormous bosom. *smiles at Geonn* Ho hum.