this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2024
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Ye Power Trippin' Bastards
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When that scene happens, the player's avatar and Shane are already dating. He is not kissing some random person, but someone who already showed romantic interest towards him.
And while the sprites are ambiguous, the kiss is clearly on the cheek, until the player avatar returns the gesture and makes it a French kiss. Give this a check, around 13:08.
All this context is widely understood by players, because they looove to talk about those heart scenes. And the comic is read within this context.
So while I agree that sexual assault is not just rape, this is simply not sexual assault by any account. There's no violation of consent and, funnily enough, the sexualisation comes from the players' avatar (a woman in this case, but it could be also a man - the scene plays identically in both cases), by turning it into a French kiss.