I'm sorry, but why does Anissa get to be redeemed? Because I don't believed Kirkman would try to portray a male rapist as someone that should be forgiven (not that he should, of course, but the double standard frustrates me)
I agree. Not only do you lose major story potential by redeeming her before Mark can even talk to her, Kirkman hasn't done anything to make me, as the reader, want her to be redeemed or feel like she should be. Yea I see that she has clearly changed since the time jump, but she has been in like five scenes this Arc and the last one, and she hasn't really done anything interesting or noteworthy in any of them.
I just hope Kirkman has the foresight and knowledge not to have Mark immediately forgive her just because Eve says she seemed sorry. If Mark does forgive her right away, or with little resistance, then it will be even clearer that the whole thing was only ever done for shock value.
Situations a bit different. She came from another planet where rape didn't exist. You
Just took what you wanted from the the weak. Rape just wasn't an idea for them. So clearly after living on earth for some years Anissa would come to understand what she did was wrong. She doesn't regret it though because she has a son that she loves. Seems people are forgetting that viltrumites living on earth change.
I'm gonna quote someone else on this because they explain it better than I probably ever will.
Look... I think Kirkman was very careful in showing what happened to Mark was rape and never portrayed it as anything else and showed how awful a crime it is. And I don't think a genuinely regretful rapist should never, under no circumstances be given a second chance at life. But... There are so very few sensitive portrayals of male rape, that giving female rapist a redemptive arc (even just a redemptive death) just seems like bad taste period.
Like, have I missed all those storylines where female rapists are treated as complete, unrepentant monsters Kirkman is trying to subvert? Cause seems like treating them as rapist at all is still pretty subversive. It's not as if there have been so many redemption arcs for male rapist AND THAT'S NOT A BAD THING, I AM NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. But this way, while Kirkman probably considered this brave and risky, it actually comes of more like him backing out.
Sorry but taking her backstory into consideration. I can understand her and kirkman. She clearly didn't respect earth customs and was still pro viltrumite when she attacked mark. She still changed as a person just like Nolan. There's stuff that needs to be taken into account that show an obvious redemption arc for her. Nolan being that prime example.
The problem here, I think is, because of the time jump, we do not have the oportunity to see the character development from that to this, not even thru flashbacks
We don't need to though. We know thru Nolan what happens when viltrumites stay on earth for a long time. Even when Nolan left the first time still fighting for viltrum he was conflicted and at that point he was ok with beating his son halfway to death.
Makes you wonder what would have happened to thragg if he had stayed and lived on earth
I thinks it's weird. Anissa raped Mark. Not cool, but all the other Viltrumites have killed millions of people. Hell, Nolan took out cities before fleeing Earth the first time. How can we forgive mass murder and destruction of civilizations, but not a single rape? If people hold a grudge against Anissa, they should also hate all the other Viltrumites. They all did horrible things before changing.
Wasn't really directed at you, just wanted to vent.
This might not be done yet. It looks like she is dead but o thought that about Nolan last issue. I hope they address this more but there isn't much time left.
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u/KayraYouvmir Aug 17 '17
I'm sorry, but why does Anissa get to be redeemed? Because I don't believed Kirkman would try to portray a male rapist as someone that should be forgiven (not that he should, of course, but the double standard frustrates me)