Do you think it’s possible to give consent if one of the people can glamor you into believing anything they want?<\/p>\n
What’s our context here?<\/p>\n
Vampires.<\/p>\n
You’ll have to refresh my memory — I don’t have your abiding love of all things fanged.<\/p>\n
In many traditions, vampires can gaze into your eyes and either convince you to do their bidding or mess with your memory so you don’t remember encountering them.<\/p>\n
OK…<\/p>\n
With all of the discussion about consent in the media right now, I just wonder if it is even possible for a vampire to have a consensual relationship with a non-vampire who they could glamor into sex or biting or whatever.<\/p>\n
I understand now.<\/p>\n
Good. What is your opinion?<\/p>\n
Vampires don’t exist.<\/p>\n
Of course not, but if they did?<\/p>\n
But they don’t.<\/p>\n
Indulge my flight of fancy here.<\/p>\n
But it’s silly.<\/p>\n
Is it? Why?<\/p>\n
Because you don’t need to know the ethical ramifications of\u00a0 something that can’t ever happen.<\/p>\n
It could have other implications in real life, don’t you think?<\/p>\n
No. No I don’t.<\/p>\n
You are staggeringly un-whimsical.<\/p>\n
I like to think of it as sane.<\/p>\n
Pffffft.<\/p>\n
One thing I will say about you: you do come up with the oddest ideas.<\/p>\n
Thanks.<\/p>\n
Was that a compliment? I’m not even sure myself.<\/p>\n
It was. You hate to be bored.<\/p>\n
True.<\/p>\n
What about if there is something about them that compels you to think about them? Like drinking their blood, or their drinking yours? If a big chunk of their sexuality leads to your essentially being drugged into wanting them?<\/p>\n
This is important to you why now?<\/p>\n
I’m curious, and I just re-watched TrueBlood.<\/p>\n
Have you met a vampire that you are hoping to get to know better?<\/p>\n
No, vampires don’t exist. Besides, the amount of laundry required would be overwhelming.<\/p>\n
Laundry?<\/p>\n
All that blood. It would soak through the sheets and ruin a mattress in no time. There’s not a vampire-proof mattress pad available.<\/p>\n
Seriously?<\/p>\n
Yes.<\/p>\n
Uh…<\/p>\n
I said that I realize that vampires aren’t real.<\/p>\n
Oh, good.<\/p>\n
But the logistics and ethics are interesting to me.<\/p>\n
The logistics and ethics of an imaginary relationship with an imaginary type of being.<\/p>\n
Yes. And stop looking at me like I’m crazy.<\/p>\n
I don’t think you’re crazy. Just odd.<\/p>\n
In a good way.<\/p>\n
Well.<\/p>\n
In. A. Good. Way.<\/p>\n
Of course. Wait, did you just try to glamor me?<\/p>\n
Did it work?<\/p>\n
I kind of want to ravish you…<\/p>\n
Huh..<\/p>\n
Why? What were you trying for?<\/p>\n
Ravishing works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"