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Doop (xdoop) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-24 11:31:00

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char: crossbones/brock rumlow, char: iron man/tony stark, char: maria hill, char: professor x/charles xavier, char: spider-man/peter parker, char: vision/jonas, creator: brian michael bendis, creator: ed brubaker, creator: mike deodato, creator: steve epting, publisher: marvel comics, title: captain america, title: new avengers

Mind rape?

While they didn't create the term, TV Tropes defines "Mind Rape" as when "a character is attacked by a villain in the most painful non-physical way possible. Their mind and soul are assaulted with painful, horrifying visions and memories, and broken until they're powerless and numb, but not dead, although afterwards they may wish they were. Nothing sexual occurs, but everything else is there to resemble a rape - violation, helplessness, and the poisoning of what could otherwise be a source of joy."

However I've seen a lot of people throw the term around whenever a character gets their mind read without their permission, as if it's just as bad (or almost as bad) as the act of sexual assault itself.

One such example occurred in New Avengers #19, by Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato.

SHIELD has asked the New Avengers for help dealing with the Collective, which is later revealed to be the unified energy signatures of all the mutants depowered after "M-Day." Spider-Man and the Young Avengers' Vision are on the Helicarrier when SHIELD discovers that the energy readings match those of a large number of the depowered mutants. When Spider-Man discovers the connection to the House of M, Iron Man tells him to take the Vision and get off the ship.

Later...

Another example of when the term "mind rape" was used was in reference to this scene from Captain America #28, by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting.

So, do you think any of these examples are comparable to actually raping someone?

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	aaron_bourque 2009-07-25 06:24 pm UTC (link)
	Reading a mind isn't like reading an encyclopedia of you. It's like reading fragments of the wiki-edit of you. You're still undecipherable, the reader just knows there are secret shames, now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	merseybeatler 2009-07-25 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	In this definition, sure. But as it doesn't exist in real life, any type of hypothetical mental-invasion is scary. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	autumn_lily 2009-07-26 10:55 am UTC (link)
	I was thinking more long the lines of somebody seeing your mental equivalent of porn, like your mom finding the magazines under your mattress. I did not mean this comment as anything serious, only light joking, I apologize for offense. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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