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So last time, Gallen, Maggie and Orick found themselves on a cool new world, and Maggie ended up in big trouble after trusting the wrong person.

Now, I've been mulling on whether or not I need a content warning for this one. There's no sexual assault, per se, but there's definitely a huge violation element. In the end, I decided to go with my only rarely used "symbolic rape" tag. You can decide for yourself if it's appropriate.

It's definitely not fun, at any rate )
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Fantasy and science fiction can contain a lot of acts that really have no real world equivalent. Back when I reviewed Lifeblood, the second book in the Vampire Files series, I ended up reviewing a chapter that contained a scene where the main character is forced to turn another into a vampire. This was portrayed as a terrible violation, using language and imagery that was very reminiscent, to me, of a sexual assault. Even though obviously, no literal rape took place.

Because of the disturbing nature of the scene, I devised a special warning tag: "content warning: rape (symbolic)". This tag is primarily meant for the kind of magical or supernatural or otherwise impossible in the real world acts that evoke similar feelings as a rape scene would.

I bring this up, because for the second time ever in this blog, I am using that tag. Brace yourself.

This will not be fun )
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So last time, Jack learned what Gaylen really wanted, finally learned Braxton's backstory and ended the chapter getting shot full of lead.

This chapter needs a warning. But to be honest, I'm not really sure WHAT warning would be appropriate here. We have someone forced to take part in an act perceived as sex or nourishment. The latter is clearly not the purpose in this case. Is there a such thing as symbolic or metaphoric sexual assault?

That's not the only awful thing in this chapter either. Brace yourself!

All in a day's work really. )

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