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tvcoroner · 4 years

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Are you talking about the Witcher books with regard to the women characters? I'll assume you are, and therefore say that what I can't stress enough is that those books, especially the novels, treat women, especially Ciri and Yennefer, remarkably well if you know how to look at story and narrative rather than only plot. I'd also remind you that Witcher Netflix is run by a woman and written by a 50% female team. So don't patronize. You've also managed to spell "its" wrong twice in that post.

Oh? Are you one of those people who think what Mistle did to Ciri was entirely consensual? Because it wasn’t written like it was consensual, it was written like Ciri gave in to another woman forcing her to have sex and then justified it to herself the next day by attaching a lot more meaning to it than existed.

‘Be quite, little one,’ whispered Kayleigh, slowly unlacing her shirt. Slowly, with gentle movements, he slid the material from her shoulders, and pulled the edge of the shirt above her hips. ‘And don’t be afraid. You’ll see how nice it is.’ Ciri shuddered beneath the touch of the dry, hard, rough hand. She lay motionless, stiff and tense, full of an overpowering fear which took her will away, and an overwhelming sense of revulsion, which assailed her temples and cheeks with waves of heat. Kayleigh slipped his left arm beneath her head, pulled her closer to him, trying to dislodge the hand which was tightly gripping the lap of her shirt and vainly trying to pull it downwards. Ciri began to shake. She sensed a sudden commotion in the surrounding darkness, felt a shaking, and heard the sound of a kick. ‘Mistle, are you insane?’ snarled Kayleigh, lifting himself up a little. ‘Leave her alone, you swine.’ ‘Get lost. Go to bed.’ ‘Leave her alone, I said.’ ‘Am I bothering her, or something? Is she screaming or struggling? I just want to cuddle her to sleep. Don’t interfere.’ ‘Get out of here or I’ll cut you.’ Ciri heard the grinding of a knife in a metal sheath. ‘I’m serious,’ repeated Mistle, looming indistinctly in the dark above them. ‘Get lost and join the boys. Right now.’ Kayleigh sat up and swore under his breath. He stood up without a word and walked quickly away. Ciri felt the tears running down her cheeks, quickly, quicker and quicker, creeping like wriggling worms among the hair by her ears. Mistle lay down beside her, and covered her tenderly with the fur. But she didn’t pull the dishevelled shirt down. She left it as it had been. Ciri began to shake again. ‘Be still, Falka. It’s all right now.’ Mistle was warm, and smelled of resin and smoke. Her hand was smaller than Kayleigh’s; more delicate, softer. More pleasant. But its touch stiffened Ciri once more, once more gripped her entire body with fear and revulsion, clenched her jaw and constricted her throat. Mistle lay close to her, cradling her protectively and whispering soothingly, but at the same time, her small hand relentlessly crept like a warm, little snail, calmly, confidently, decisively. Certain of its way and its destination. Ciri felt the iron pincers of revulsion and fear relaxing, releasing their hold; she felt herself slipping from their grip and sinking downwards, downwards, deep, deeper and deeper, into a warm and wet well of resignation and helpless submissiveness. A disgusting and humiliatingly pleasant submissiveness. She moaned softly, desperately. Mistle’s breath scorched her neck. Her moist, velvet lips tickled her shoulder, her collarbone, very slowly sliding lower. Ciri moaned again. ‘Quiet, Falcon,’ whispered Mistle, gently sliding her arm under her head. ‘You won’t be alone now. Not any more.

Saves her from being raped by a guy only to do it herself. And let’s face it, if Mistle had been a guy people would consider that rape, they just would. Isn’t that how it goes? Not saying no isn’t consent? And wow, imagine how people would lose their shit if they show a lesbian being a rapist? Lesbians certainly CAN be rapists, but I know the overall reaction to something like that would be HUGELY negative.

And might I add, this after Kayleigh’s girlfriend was gang-raped.

Oh, and let’s talk about Auberon. This was briefly mentioned in The Witcher 3 actually, near the end of the game. Ciri, for the absolutely terrible crime of being born, was basically extorted into having sex with Auberon until she could produce an heir.

Auberon wasn’t any more interested in sleeping with Ciri than she was with him, and whether or not they actually had sex is a topic of debate, but he eventually died when Eredin tricked him into drinking a “performance-enhancing” potion that instead killed him.

But yeah, sure, I’m the patronizing one for warning that it may be slightly premature to think The Witcher’s treatment of women is any better than Game of Thrones. And that’s just the rape parts for ONE character, there are a lot of other things that have nothing to do with rape that will cause an uproar if they put it in the show.

You can call me patronizing if that’s what you believe, but it comes from a place of concern for people who haven't read about any of this and may be getting the wrong idea.

What’s your excuse?

#the witcher #ciri #cirilla

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