Re: Red Robin

[seriousfic]

So, in case you haven't been following comics (like, they're about to be rendered irrelevant in a few months' time), the latest issue of Red Robin ends with a villainess disrobing in front of a captive Tim Drake and announcing she plans to bear his child, whether he likes it or not, if you know what I mean and I've read your fics so I know you do.

I just wanna say this. Fangirls, if your reaction to that cliffhanger is making jokes about how homosexual Tim is for not wanting to be raped, don't attack fanboys for making 'death by snuu-snuu' jokes. Instead, let's focus on what we all have in common: thinking rape jokes are hilarious.

Comments

[geonncannon.livejournal.com]

Rape is ALWAYS funny when it's woman on man! TV Tropes says so, too!

[doclinus.livejournal.com]

Law and Order SVU must be seething with jealousy.

[box-in-the-box.livejournal.com]

I actually have to give credit to S_D; they are thoroughly skeeved out by this.

[seriousfic.livejournal.com]

Well, that's S_D. They don't joke around about rape.

Except for statutory rape.

Because it's so hot.

[box-in-the-box.livejournal.com]

And yet, even this instance of barely-legal Tim being threatened with non-consensual Snu-Snu is grossing them out. Think about how badly a story has to fail to turn off what would otherwise be its core demographic. That'd be like Larry Flynt producing a porn parody so sick that even I say, "Have you no DECENCY, sir?"

[seriousfic.livejournal.com]

What do you expect? There's a vagina involved.

[angel-gidget.livejournal.com]

Yeah. My thoughts exactly. If Promise had a brother rather than a sister, I can't help but shake my head at the number of fangirls that would be *all* over this.

Though personally, I did find the scene humorous simply because I was so sure of it not actually happening. I'm already anticipating the confusion and disappointment on the chick's face once she realizes Tim Drake has managed to escape her web of sexual conquest. Ol' Tim protects his virginity rather fiercely, from what I've seen. Not gonna let a third-rate villain like her snatch it up.