Do we only want to hurt them that way?

[kangeiko]

Hello, my name is k., and I'm a fandom addict. I start in on a new fandom and instantly have to devour all the available fanfic for it. Hell, I've seen two episodes of the show, right? I know the character names, that's enough for an initial push into the new shiny thing.

So would someone please explain to me the fascination the B7 writers apparently have with raping Avon? It's as bad as all the sexual abuse that MUNCLE's Ilya Kuryakin suffers. Quite frankly, it pisses me off. H/c does not equal sexual and sexualised torture perpetrated by Teh Ebil Commies, followed by healing sex.

It's as if a large slice fandom up and went - a ha! The enemy will torture my trained operative/soldier/superspy/uber-cute feminine guy, so that means that horrid mean soldiers will rape them. The actual rape will involve many descriptions of Avon/Ilya as pale, with soft skin and almost feminine. They will be terribly, terribly broken, and when rescued by Blake/Napoleon will shake in a very fetching manner. At some point, healing sex will ensue. This will make everything better, transcending even the realities of internal tearing with the innate 'oneness' that nookie bestows upon participants.

*headdesk*

*headdesk*

*headdesk*

I understand that some of this fic was written decades ago, when we didn't have the handy internet for reference purposes. The stuff being written now? NO. EXCUSE.

All I'm asking is that you please credit THRUSH and the Federation's secret services with a little bit more finesse than merely wielding a cock. Sometimes they have batons, and electric shock treatment, and cold water, and light, and extreme weather conditions.

Want to know what actual torture could entail? Look at this website Torture Methods. It doesn't look so pretty now, does it?

For the record, sleep deprivation and is one of the most effective forms of torture utilised by both the KGB and today's secret services. It doesn't leave bruises, and it doesn't look pretty. It does, however, tend to break people in terrifying, fundamental ways. You really want to break Kerr Avon? Take away his REM privileges for ten days and watch his body shut down.

Comments

The Production Code

[executrix.livejournal.com]

During the 1930s, the Production Code for movies required clear statements that Crime Is Wrong and Inevitably Leads to Punishment. I think that, although unfortunate, it is true that there are homophobic slashers and there are also anti-sex pornographers. ("OMG! It's like a train wreck! I can't look away!) so in stories like this there has to be a clear differentiation between Evol Homos and Our Heroes, and there also has to be atonement for sexual pleasure.

BTW, if you're new to B7 fic: a PGP is not a typo for a PWP (and in fact a lot of PGPs are very long)--a PGP is a post-episode 52 fic; the last episode of the series takes place on a planet called Gauda Prime, so it's Post-Gauda Prime.

Re: The Production Code

[kangeiko]

That is not something I ever knew about. *ponders* It makes sense, though. Did TV adopt it, d'you think, because it certainly sounds like a lot of 60s and 70s tv...

Re: The Production Code

[executrix.livejournal.com]

One reason the 60s and 70s have the reputation they do is that a lot of films and TV shows let people get away with things.