Re: No offence! The most disgusting aspect of WoT - Edit 1
Before modification by Night Walker at 26/08/2011 03:01:57 PM
(I reread Graendal's chapter yesterday and it was very upsetting - I did not remember what happened to her)
No offence but I think Robert Jordan (and most of his fans) was a misogynist. (Or he thought WoT can't compete mainstream fantasy anymore?)
I talk about Shaidar Haran's "punishments". WoT is not an R rated fantasy, so it's really disturbing to read about rapes.
And what makes it worst: many reader claim that these rapes are "fair and square", because they are evil people. Define me this term, evil! Rand, Egwene, Perrin etc. are evil too, they are killed many innocent people, started wars etc.
OK, let's say: they deserved it. But Shaidar Haran did not rape male Forsakens. So, where is the famous Jordan-balance?
What do you think about this?
No offence but I think Robert Jordan (and most of his fans) was a misogynist. (Or he thought WoT can't compete mainstream fantasy anymore?)
I talk about Shaidar Haran's "punishments". WoT is not an R rated fantasy, so it's really disturbing to read about rapes.
And what makes it worst: many reader claim that these rapes are "fair and square", because they are evil people. Define me this term, evil! Rand, Egwene, Perrin etc. are evil too, they are killed many innocent people, started wars etc.
OK, let's say: they deserved it. But Shaidar Haran did not rape male Forsakens. So, where is the famous Jordan-balance?
What do you think about this?
I think you are sensationalizing this. First, Fades appear to have a “taste” for females. So it’s not a surprise the SH may only target female Forsaken with this treatment. Second, there is nothing to say that it won’t/can’t happen to a male Forsaken , it just hasn’t yet because when they screwed up, Rand has killed them.
You could argue that SH is the DO himself, in which case he isn’t likely to have a sexual preference, so he should rape male Forsaken for misbehaving, but as I said, there is nothing to say that it won’t happen.