Comments | ratherastory: Another thought that's not an insta-reaction

ratherastory

Another thought that's not an insta-reaction

Dec 04, 2010 11:34

Behind a cut, because of spoilers.

( This is a content issue, I guess. )

episode commentary, show is trying to kill me, sometimes i think too much

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seramercury December 4 2010, 16:36:58 UTC

No, you weren't the only one, bb! XD

elliemurasaki December 4 2010, 16:38:27 UTC

Wait, 'rode hard and put away wet' is a rape joke? I thought it was a horse metaphor. Or possibly a horse saddle metaphor.

ratherastory December 4 2010, 16:39:32 UTC

Well, it's more of an anal sex joke. But yeah.

elliemurasaki December 4 2010, 16:40:14 UTC

Ah. *educated*

silverblaze85 December 4 2010, 17:17:44 UTC

Me as well. I thought it was about horses. O.o

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cordelia_gray December 4 2010, 16:40:24 UTC

There have been A LOT of rape jokes this season, almost all of them made by, or at the expense of, Dean. IDK, it does squick me quite a bit.

ratherastory December 4 2010, 16:43:12 UTC

Seriously, I am WAY uncomfortable. WTF, Sera? She was the one who went ON and ON about the whole consent issue with Ruby. How does she not see this?

cordelia_gray December 4 2010, 18:09:56 UTC

It kind of makes me think she DOES read a lot of fanfic, because Dean being the victim of sexually uncomfortable/dubiously consensual/outright rapey situations has been a staple of fanfic for a long time. It's just not one of those fandom tropes I was ever hoping would become canon, you know?

mimblexwimble December 4 2010, 19:54:23 UTC

This.

twirlycurls December 4 2010, 16:49:40 UTC

Definitely not the only one. This entire ep felt like an endless rape joke to me, with 12-year-old boner humor and some gay panic tossed in for spice. Ugh.

ratherastory December 4 2010, 16:51:24 UTC

Okay, not just me.

I mean, there was plenty of squee and flail, too, put I was really uncomfortable with all those jokes. COME ON.

claudiapriscus December 4 2010, 17:31:39 UTC

I was very much in the same place- the episode had a lot going for it, technically speaking. But I found it really difficult to enjoy it considering the excessive, blatant misogyny. I mean, torture porn scene. And as far as I can tell, they were implying Meg was actually raped (with the knife). And then joking about raping her before killing her? How am I supposed to ignore that?

There are shows that deal with more misogyny than that, but they're structured in such a way that they're not rooting for it. It actually made me feel sick.

To say nothing of the whole meatsuit issue.

ratherastory December 4 2010, 17:44:37 UTC

Oh, dude, I missed the implication of the rape thing before killing Meg. I erred on the side of optimism and assumed it would be consensual. :(

Colour me even more unimpressed.

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tifaching December 4 2010, 17:02:31 UTC

Not even close to being alone on this one. Totally squicked by the rape "humor".