romantice rape, toxic af

don't read it then?? the general tags clearly say "rape"

Sorry meant to dislike

I saw this and read with caution, but I felt like there wasn't much substance to the actual sex. It was to the point where any act that borders on rape is made insignificant due to the setting the story is utilizing: a "medieval" time where people still used bows instead of guns, and respected military ranks to show the culture of people in the story. Wars were waged between what seems to be a monarchy and a theocratic republic, both having royalty and a clear class system.

Regarding rape, is there a specific scene that exclaims rape and was romanticized? The first scene I had thought to correspond to rape was when Leonard was told to strip and essentially humiliate himself to let the survivors flee. Although it was not mutual consent to sex, it was under an agreement from both sides, a compromise of sorts. While Leonard felt sullied by the circumstances, this was later covered stating that none of the empire's soldiers had mocked him because they more or less respected his resolve to protect his comrades. I suppose the true rape scene was between La Tour and Leonard in the cell which was very disgusting since it showed La Tour being hypocritical; however it was most definitely not romanticized. Any other scene took place, more or less, when Leonard was given his own space and/or was treated rather well for a prisoner of war under Jamal's watch. This leads to the next point regarding Stockholm syndrome.

They didn't coerce Leonard to adhere to X or Y, but rather gave him what's essentially shelter in a hostile country, food, even books to peruse, and a full blown bed. The treatment is more like a guest than a prisoner of war. I didn't see much of a sign where this had led to Stockholm syndrome since Leonard was lusting after La Tour before and while he was with Jamal the entire time until he gets a wake-up call that he's being treated well by Jamal not La Tour (aka the true rape scene). Jamal gets a partner, and Leonard gets over his fantasy of La Tour both as a romantic interest and as an individual. Again, it was not portrayed that Leonard sympathized with Jamal and rather, he stayed true to his beliefs as a monastic knight despite being in hostile territory (with the exception of his interaction with Effendi). Furthermore, he was granted rare freedoms as a prisoner of war such as access to weapons while under Jamal. There was no direct influence on Leonard nor were there any real life-threatening cases in which it caused a shift in Leonard's psyche. He was held in front of the emperor and wasn't executed for being rude. They gave him a choice as well, to choose whether he wants to willingly stay with Jamal or go home. Even at this part, you can clearly tell that he did not exhibit behavior that falls in line with Stockholm syndrome.

I'm willing to reread this just to go through everything again so if I missed anything, I'd like to be enlightened. There's so many other actual rape manga/stories on this site (like extremely questionable omegaverse stories etc) that this pales in comparison in regards to the story execution since rape/stockholm syndrome was never the main factor.

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