Comments | endless_run: More Books, yay

endless_run

More Books, yay

Apr 11, 2010 15:37

Wow. I just noticed that I didn't use my reading icon for the last book post I did. WHAT THE HELL, SELF, WHY MAKE IT IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO USE IT? /random

Anyway, I finally finished the three Mercy Thompson books I got from the library thanks to a read-a-thon after work last night. Yeah...it didn't end on a high note.

( Blood Bound - holy shit, did Mercy just do something? )

mercy thompson, bitching, books

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missdeep April 12 2010, 04:08:00 UTC

Mercy's rape, to me, seemed like a form of punishment for the character. You get out there and be useful? You wear the consequences - which just so happen to include brutal rape. As you noted above, EVERYTHING IS MERCY'S FAULT. Men can't keep control of themselves (because y'know, men are just ANIMALS)? WELL MERCY, THAT'S YOUR FAULT. You stop being an inactive protagonist? WELL ENJOY YOUR WELL-EARNED RAPE ( ... )

endless_run April 12 2010, 04:48:18 UTC

Yeah, it just...I mean, I wonder if this is what Briggs seriously thinks will happen to women if they dare try and take someone on by themselves. I mean, I'm trying to remember, but has Mercy ever taken on anyone besides this guy wholly by herself? I can't think of an occasion (she usually has werewolf/vampire backup), and yeah, comes out a bit battered, but for the most part intact. Yet this time, not so much. It's frustrating and just...kinda icky all together ( ... )

missdeep April 12 2010, 05:06:36 UTC

It's been a while since I've read the books, but that confrontation is the only one I can recall where Mercy goes out completely on her own. AND RIGHTFULLY GETS HER ASS PUNISHED, OF COURSE. As you mentioned, she usually has some kind of back up. The more I think about Briggs's work the more I feel she believes this is all sexy and exciting and TOTALLY OKAY. Which it isn't ( ... )

endless_run April 12 2010, 07:22:35 UTC

It says a lot about what she believes about women, too. I mean, obviously no matter how independent we pretend to be, deep down we're just bitchy wives and mothers waiting to find the right guy who can bend us to his will, but aside from that - I mean, I realize that women are at a physical disadvantage when it comes to confronting men. We're (usually) smaller and physically weaker, but it really seems like Briggs believes that without a male chaperon of some sort, we'll just go out and get abused and raped if we dare try to live in the world on our own (and by God we'll deserve it, right?). Probably because ALL MEN ARE ANIMALS. I think Briggs mighta been happier living about a hundred years ago, since that seems to be where she's stuck in terms of male-female relations -_ ( ... )

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