#i did love that fic :( i was really deliberate about making it provocative and horrifying and uncomfortable

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and i truly do not know if “semi-consensually” covers what is going on in scarlet women but so much of that is bc i wanted the sex to be super uncomfortable and violent to be in line with what we know about angelus and his proclivities and the norm he and darla established within the fanged four. so like there is definitely desire there but there’s also revulsion and it’s questionable re: how much of the desire is authentic and how much is a trauma response to literally being groomed by this man. BUT this is still also how love is communicated among these vampires and so there is an element of horror-romance to it.