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I think this demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of what Runey has put forward as consent in regards to slavery within the HH universe since day one.I'm not even sure the Owl Clan members are able to consent and still be considered willing from a real world standpoint considering how primitive they are, only under Syl'anar law, which only takes into account the fact that they are elves as far as consent goes. If they were enslaved, we could literally rape them, they could literally be shouting for us to stop within earshot of another free person and it would still be considered consented to by Syl'anar law because they don't have free will. The will of their master is their own and his consent is theirs. That also brings up a valid point due to them being free ONLY because they are isolated. The fact that they are full elves alone means that consent is automatic under Syl'anar law because, legally speaking, they are as good as slaves even if they have not been processed as such. MAYBE something can be done once the slavery system falls, I don't know enough to determine that yet.
You can not rape elf slaves legally. Every sexual action has to be consensual between master and slave for any sex act to be legal, ever since cromwell/cornwall, enacted laws to reduce abuse. (sorry always get mixed up on his name). Note this has always been the case, no retcon scenes have been added to fit this in. This was always how the game universe presented consent. The rules of the universe are very well presented in the elf orgy scene where we meet Nia for the first time.
As far as the Owl Clan is concerned I could easily imagine H scenes with the members that are consensual. I'm not super pining for those scenes though. Don't really care.
And obviously Runey is depicting their situation as extremely oppressed, downtrodden to the extent where he's not intending to sexualize them. A creative choice I understand and don't really care for one way or the other. Like I'd be fine to fuck some primitive elf bitties. I'm also fine with with not. So it's whatever.
However the idea that a fictitious scenario (fictitious in the sense of it's not in game) where the MC could have sex with members of the Owl Clan would automatically be a scenario where those sexual actions are "abuse" is laughable.
Sums up my thoughts pretty nicely.Where is the line of what's acceptable and what's not? Seems silly that you can't work a consensual sex scene into the Owl clan bits without it seeming like systemic rape.