tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post113884142829352759..comments2023-09-09T04:03:00.560-05:00Comments on The Fortress of Soliloquy: J-J-J-JadedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-1139279017995698182006-02-06T20:23:00.000-06:002006-02-06T20:23:00.000-06:00True, true. Still, despite the lack of actual rape...True, true. <BR/><BR/>Still, despite the lack of actual rape, she is clearly a victim of the "female hero has heretofore unseen sexual trauma revealed as a primary motivating factor in her superheroic career" trend.<BR/><BR/>And I have been mentioning Gwen Stacy in the middle of all of this, and she wasn't really raped either, except in perhaps the statutory sense. I don't remember exactly, though. I tried to put that dreck out of my mind.Tom Fosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13796424725228769265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-1139277991663530372006-02-06T20:06:00.000-06:002006-02-06T20:06:00.000-06:00I agree what Jade suffered does come close to it, ...I agree what Jade suffered does come close to it, but she didn't suffer rape/molestation. Not in the truest form.<BR/><BR/>I will grant you she suffered a great emotional trauma for what happened, even if her powers kicked in to prevent the worst of it. But to put her on the list you have, I think, requires that "worst of it" to have happened to her, which it hasn't.<BR/><BR/>You could make a case for the "emotional rape" thing, but then, if you started to include that in all it's forms, you'd have probably almost every superhero (male and female) on that list.<BR/><BR/>It's worth noting, though, that Jade has suffered emotional rape, depowerment (both from loss of her powers and being used as "just the girlfrined of hero X") and now (with Rann-Thanagar Specail) "death." She's suffered in just about every way a character can, outside of an actually physical rape/molestation. So, you know what that makes her? The typical male superhero.<BR/><BR/>Which is reason enough to prove she will be back.James Meeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15125466138669301618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-1139245093128138842006-02-06T10:58:00.000-06:002006-02-06T10:58:00.000-06:00True enough about the death. I don't have the mole...True enough about the death. I don't have the molestation issue in front of me, so I couldn't quite recall. But, I do remember the creepy old man, the emotional/sexual trauma (whether or not the act was completed, she was clearly traumatized by it), and the powers kicking in to fend off her attacker. <BR/><BR/>I'd be hard-pressed to say it doesn't count though. There are all sorts of molestation, whether it's out-and-out rape or performing a lewd act in front of a captive minor or forcing a minor to view pornography or even soliciting a minor for sexual favors...I'd say making untoward, coercive sexual advances to a young girl at least comes very, very close to molestation, if it isn't exactly.Tom Fosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13796424725228769265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-1139244471619295652006-02-06T10:47:00.000-06:002006-02-06T10:47:00.000-06:00Actually, Jade wasn't molested or raped. Her power...Actually, Jade wasn't molested or raped. Her powers kicked in before the slimeball could do the deed. So, I don't think she belongs on that list of your's. This isn't horseshoes, either you are raped/molested or not. Just like with being pregnant, near misses don't count.<BR/><BR/>And I know Jade will be back again. Her dubious "death" is just one of those perfect open-ended things that some writer in the future will use to bring the character back. Bank on that.James Meeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15125466138669301618noreply@blogger.com