I feel like the larger point here is being ignored. I also feel like the defending of this fic is not helpful and there are times where I really worry about how the standards have declined since the time I first came here. The larger point is not that this is a rape fic and that's bad. Yes, we do have stories with rape here. A lot of them. But I have never liked rape stories that turn into fwiendships or whatever. There is no shame that's felt here, no feeling of violation, no guilt, nothing. And that's what makes this bad. You have a character that's supposed to be a hardass who turns into a mewling sex kitten as Sniper "tames" her, and that's insulting. It's insulting to me as a female, me as a reader, and me as a person. Simply put, the premise of this fic itself is unbelievable and that is the goddamned problem. There's this thing called "suspension of disbelief" that's key to a lot of science fiction and fantasy stories. It's why we can read a story that has intelligent robots or unicorns or werewolves or whatever and not say "I CAN'T BUY THIS BECAUSE THESE THINGS DON'T EXIST." The argument that we can believe that a Tentaspy exists in a story has absolutely nothing to do with why this fic doesn't work. We, as a reader, can believe that there is a Spy with octopus limbs coming out of his waist but we can't believe that a female character who is supposed to be fiery and able to hold her own would just roll over and allow herself to be raped, and not even be the slightest bit angry afterwards. It's too much. And the fact that it's Sniper doing it and he's ~*SO DREAMY*~ doesn't justify her character doing a complete 180, either. Which, if she had kicked his ass and made him her bitch, I felt like that would have been a better fic, it would have built up tension between the two of them, and it would have fit more in the vague description of "Brazillian woman in her 20's who is somehow short despite being 5'8" and also she is sassy and talks back and there's not much else there." Hell, it would have expanded on her being the kind of woman that doesn't take shit from anybody and is able to stand her ground against a man. Additionally, the fact that you picked her as Brazilian, when the main stereotype about Brazilian women is that they're extremely hot and sexy, additionally worries me when you pick that ethnicity to plop into a fandom where the main characters are very much based in cultural and ethnic stereotypes. That people had to grasp for straws to define her further proves my point. She's not established, we are told what she's like and barely shown anything about her. Hell, we barely know what she looks like. How does she move? Does she have any other verbal rhythms aside from just speaking in Portuguese when she's mad? What does her voice sound like? She has no quirks. She's bland. You can tell me "no, she's not, you're wrong," but I cannot see it. Really, I'm wondering where some of you are seeing this because I sure as hell can't. I'm also wondering if we're reading the same story. You want to try and fix this story? Make Assist a person and not just a stand-in for the reader with some superfluous details added to disguise the fact that she's a non-character. Give her mannerisms and quirks that grab the reader's interest and make us want to get to know her. Make her resent the fact that she's playing ethnic maid to a bunch of mostly white men, or at least aware of it to some degree. Have us actually see her fighting Sniper, kicking him in the groin, slapping him in the face, screaming and swearing at him as she kicks him off of her and maybe spits in his face while he rolls on the floor. If he does rape her, make him a villain for it. Don't try to justify that with saying that she liked it, and make her feel ashamed, as she no doubt would be, for being violated. Or better yet, if you want to pair them up, how about he NOT RAPE HER AT ALL and instead form a relationship with her based on mutual interests or meshing personalities. Or, hey, maybe they just think the other is hot and they fuck just because, and explore their feelings about it afterwards in the ensuing awkwardness of having slept with each other. It doesn't even have to be romance; it could just be a fling. There's so many possibilities and what makes me mad is that you picked this. Also, if you seriously are going to comment that the fic seems good and not read the porn, then why are you even reading it? The porn is the worst part. The porn is the part with the most groan-worthy descriptions and the biggest "bang-your-head-against-the-keyboard" moments. Read this whole thing. Goddamn, you guys.