It’s a really…awkward plot point to try to navigate. On one hand, it’s a pretty bold and respectable choice to depict a man being sexually assaulted by a woman, and to deal with mental and emotional effects of that. On the other hand…its all kinda predicated on a fantastical premise. She’s an alien soldier under orders to reproduce and violence is just how Viltrumites do it.
It’s like you’re supposed to empathize with Mark and his very realistically (relatively speaking) depicted trauma, but then let her off the hook because Sci-Fi bullshit. Like I personally, can just suspend my disbelief and take it at face value cause it’s a story. But a lot of people can’t/won’t, and when you’re dealing with such dark and potentially personal subject matter, they shouldn’t really be expected to.
It’s a really…awkward plot point to try to navigate. On one hand, it’s a pretty bold and respectable choice to depict a man being sexually assaulted by a woman, and to deal with mental and emotional effects of that. On the other hand…its all kinda predicated on a fantastical premise. She’s an alien soldier under orders to reproduce and violence is just how Viltrumites do it.
It’s like you’re supposed to empathize with Mark and his very realistically (relatively speaking) depicted trauma, but then let her off the hook because Sci-Fi bullshit. Like I personally, can just suspend my disbelief and take it at face value cause it’s a story. But a lot of people can’t/won’t, and when you’re dealing with such dark and potentially personal subject matter, they shouldn’t really be expected to.