Who said anything about trying to make anything something else? I personally don't care if it is or not. These are slaves we're talking about, aside from the Owl Clan and the elves under the PC, their will is as good as nonexistent. They could easily be 'persuaded' into letting it happen just by their master holding something precious hostage. Perhaps a family member also in the same household as a slave, perhaps something else. All it takes is to give the elf in question a reason not to refuse and we already know that a very large portion of Syl'anar is willing to do some pretty bad things. Not enough to keep the threat of being kicked out of office away from Cornwall or he never would have made those reforms to appease people, but enough people that the living situation is bad for enslaved elves even without taking their status into account. Hospitals sick security bots on them, they are treated as sexual entertainment, a whole host of horrifying things.
I'll give you the point there hasn't been anything non-consensual, but the question then becomes whether the elves gave that consent willingly or if they did it because they feared retribution on themselves or another for refusing. If they did it out of fear, it is not true consent, which is different from consent. True consent is someone actually giving their consent with no persuasion or push from an outside party, they actually want to do the thing they are consenting to. What, are you telling me the elves want this stuff happening to them? I'll believe that when the system falls and the elves crawl to us begging to be enslaved all over. Until then, their consent is meaningless because it is under duress. It may be enough not to put up a rape tag, again, I don't care about that, but they definitely don't want this stuff to happen to them.
I'm not implying that the Owl Clan actually are primitive, I was talking about how Syl'anar views them. They literally live out in a barren area in dwellings bearing a striking resemblance to those of some Native American tribes. Of course Syl'anar might make the assumption that these are just savages who wouldn't know consent if it hit them in the head. I in no way said I believed that to be true of the Owl Clan. If my wording seemed to send that message, I apologize, that was not my intent.
Again, I in no way made everything rape, I never said that it was all rape. Also, it is a VERY different situation to cum inside during a consented sexual encounter than to carry out a non-consented sexual encounter or a sexual encounter where consent was given under duress. If you want rape, that's fine, do it to your own project or keep it in your headcanon until such time as Runey allows such a scene into his. I'll stick to what Runey gives us and the impressions and theories that come up because of it.
Also, again, this is all theory based on the evidence presented by Runey so far, so chill, it's nothing to get riled up over.
My point was not the actual knowledge held by the Owl Clan, but how they are potentially perceived under Syl'anar laws. A person who is perfectly capable of something can still be seen as incapable by law and, given their primitive lifestyle, I would think Syl'anar doesn't see the Owl Clan as anything more than a bunch of savages, much like how the people of Colonial America viewed Native Americans, given that primitive lifestyle despite the Owl Clan being every bit as capable as other facets of elven society to live modern lives. I wouldn't be surprised a single bit if there was ever a scene where they were treated like literal animals, legal or not, though I wouldn't want that to happen and I'm pretty sure we're on the same page there. Not much has been explored in the legal relationship between the Owl Clan and Syl'anar as far as the elf slavery laws and the reforms thereof, so I've been left to theorize with my theories quite obviously leaning toward an anti-Syl'anar point of view given recent events involving a main girl. I literally hate Syl'anar's slavery supporters with a passion at this point, enough that, given a Nia-esque option, like all out war, that is exactly the path I would take to free the elves of their plight and to rid them of their abusers permanently.
