Aug 25, 2026 · 1 hr 38 min · 12 segments
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Yeah, okay, but we're back into the same problematic shit I had in the first one though.
What?
So what I'm going to say is he does drug her.
Yeah, he admits it too.
I don't, I don't like that.
I don't think force- I don't think admitting it makes it better.
I do completely understand the justification a bunch of you are gonna give for this, which is Rhys is protecting her, making it easier on her, and he's not abusing her while she's drugged, but it's keeping them all safe and he's able to insight more aggravation in Tamlin and stuff through this without her having to be agreeable to it really is all it is.
I thought that it was to help her with getting through this horrific time.
Yeah.
Maybe not help, but it was just a-
That's what I'm saying.
She doesn't have to be aware of it at all.
Yeah.
It gives her time to separate, kinda...
Oh, what's that word for this? It gives her, um-
Oh, I know what you're trying to say
... not cognitive dissonance.
Disassociate?
Yes.
Yes, there we go.
It allows her to disassociate, which I think, yeah, is wonderful, but we still can't force disassociation on people and have it be okay.
Yeah, he also has a forced kiss, but we pretend that that's okay.
That one I actually agree with to be completely honest.
Okay, good.
Good.
Yeah, okay, but we're back into the same problematic shit I had in the first one though.
What?
So what I'm going to say is he does drug her.
Yeah, he admits it too.
I don't, I don't like that.
I don't think force- I don't think admitting it makes it better.
I do completely understand the justification a bunch of you are gonna give for this, which is Rhys is protecting her, making it easier on her, and he's not abusing her while she's drugged, but it's keeping them all safe and he's able to insight more aggravation in Tamlin and stuff through this without her having to be agreeable to it really is all it is.
I thought that it was to help her with getting through this horrific time.
Yeah.
Maybe not help, but it was just a-
That's what I'm saying.
She doesn't have to be aware of it at all.
Yeah.
It gives her time to separate, kinda...
Oh, what's that word for this? It gives her, um-
Oh, I know what you're trying to say
... not cognitive dissonance.
Disassociate?
Yes.
Yes, there we go.
It allows her to disassociate, which I think, yeah, is wonderful, but we still can't force disassociation on people and have it be okay.
Yeah, he also has a forced kiss, but we pretend that that's okay.
That one I actually agree with to be completely honest.
Okay, good.
Good.
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