Hmm, non-con/rape are exactly the sorts of things I tend to avoid in fic, along with smut (graphic sex scenes), unless it's a writer I really really like - actually, unless it's snowpuppies pretty much. In her stories horror is meant to be horrifying and not titillating; her re-write of Innocence, for instance. So thanks for the warning.
Of course the irony is that I love Btvs which is FILLED with bodily/consent violations, and I can ship Buffy/Spike and even Buffy/Faith to a lesser degree - and OH how I love the parallels there - despite the violations that occur. I think it has to do partly with context and presentation? Faith's rape of Buffy's body, and later Riley, are taken seriously as bad things, as is SR or Warren/Katrina; or the demon taking over Jenny's body in The Dark Age; most of Willow's spells, etc. Whereas a lot of fanfic I come across tries to present it as erotic; or when Joss/ME presents it as a joke (the Hyena, Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered, the spacefrak of S8; although weirdly enough I love the episode Him. So, go figure.)
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Of course the irony is that I love Btvs which is FILLED with bodily/consent violations, and I can ship Buffy/Spike and even Buffy/Faith to a lesser degree - and OH how I love the parallels there - despite the violations that occur. I think it has to do partly with context and presentation? Faith's rape of Buffy's body, and later Riley, are taken seriously as bad things, as is SR or Warren/Katrina; or the demon taking over Jenny's body in The Dark Age; most of Willow's spells, etc. Whereas a lot of fanfic I come across tries to present it as erotic; or when Joss/ME presents it as a joke (the Hyena, Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered, the spacefrak of S8; although weirdly enough I love the episode Him. So, go figure.)