Oh I just noticed that. I’m just too focused on the consent and didn’t even realize what you pointed out.
Yeah, at this point I'm not gonna be surprised anymore even if we get something like Seth saying some crap like, "No no, stop... oh look, lol, that cloud up there totally looks like a clown!!" Ugh.
While in real life there is no such thing as a "script" for SA victims, I don't think think broadness of survivors' reactions is what the author's trying to portray here... (MAN, if only...) Rather than Toni Colette's "Unbelievable", I think Fifty Shades of Grey/Twilight ero dynamics is closer, to what we're getting here... (if we go STRICTLY by author's intention, or what seems to be the author's purpose, leaving aside how we each all feel about it). Even if we're all sick and tired of that type of ero dynamic. I'm even starting to miss Sekhmet, because with her at least things are clear: I know what to feel, because she's never portrayed as anything other than the nasty, punishment loving, hilariously twisted bi*** that she is. (PLEASE, come BACK, Sekhmet!)
That's the sole reason I don't pay attention to the "romance" aspect anymore. The author's portrayal of love or even rape isn't consistent anymore. I liked those aspects in the first season even with its flaws but the second seems to go nowhere with that.
I was okay with the slow burn, but since seeing the raw version of this chapter weeks ago, I was so disappointed. People seemed to be happy about that being 'hot' as usual. He was not drugged, he wasn't under any kind of influence, but decided to say no without stopping the act. Of course it's played as "Horus is stronger than me and I can't shake him off when it's convenient for the sexy time of the plot". If the author had removed this banter this sex scene would have been better even if it wasn't my taste.
I'm more interested in Seth's redemption, how he will handle his worshippers, what he has forgotten after he ascended to godhood and what's behind Hathor/Sekmeth dynamic. I had the feeling since the first season that the romance would have been forced. The only character the author until now doesn't know how to handle in the romance department is Seth.
Yep, I agree a million %: "The author's portrayal of love or even rape isn't consistent anymore." I think this one phrase of yours is the best diagnosis we can give about what's going wrong with this story. It's lack of consistency in the boundaries between love and seduction versus rape and toxicity
I think in the past people have considered it a legit form of seduction to act a bit touchy feely with a person that one had already had any type of previous "relations" with... The reason is obvious: sometimes, consent could be obtained through sheer "perseverance" (lmao), but of course, cannot stress enough that the idea was "convincing" and not forcing... and, only the other person could say "where" was their limit (unless, of course, the exchange was between an adult and a minor, because those are off limits even when the minor "consents").
To be painfully honest here, Seth is like the KING of mixed signals: just when I thought Horus putting his fingers inside him was crossing the line, what was he doing? Worrying about Horu's face turning serious all of a sudden (when he realized Seth had been with someone else), THAT was what Seth was doing... Talk about getting distracted from the fact that your a** is getting fingered supposedly against your will, by the most random of reasons... How the heck am I as a reader supposed to figure out this character's confusing signals, if he gets side-tracked and starts focusing about different random things, every five minutes? ...So, I was glad the whole thing got cut short.