Well. There's a distinction between what I read in NC-17 fanfiction about the characters, and what happens to them in canon -- at least, there is for me.
Or, to put it another way... does anybody read "The Killing Joke" and think what Joker did to Barbara was hot and kinky? Would it have been hot and kinky to Barbara? (Even if you go with the least gah interpretation, and presume Joker just stripped her naked and took photographs.)
Was what Catalina did hot and kinky for Dick? Or was it something that happened because he just didn't know how to stop it -- like so much else that's happened in his life lately?
I think maybe that's why it bothers me so much, beyond the non-con and gender issues... Catalina is perpetuating a pattern that has meant only heartbreak, pain and loss for Dick. Either it's unforgivably stupid, or it's outright cruel.
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Re: NW comments
Date: 2004-05-18 12:55 am (UTC)Or, to put it another way... does anybody read "The Killing Joke" and think what Joker did to Barbara was hot and kinky? Would it have been hot and kinky to Barbara? (Even if you go with the least gah interpretation, and presume Joker just stripped her naked and took photographs.)
Was what Catalina did hot and kinky for Dick? Or was it something that happened because he just didn't know how to stop it -- like so much else that's happened in his life lately?
I think maybe that's why it bothers me so much, beyond the non-con and gender issues... Catalina is perpetuating a pattern that has meant only heartbreak, pain and loss for Dick. Either it's unforgivably stupid, or it's outright cruel.