Khal Drogo Did Not Rape Daenerys Targaryen

Disagreement"The only source of disagreement is whether or not Dany agreed to the marriage."I concur. And I have shown where Daenerys explicitly disagreed with the marriage. My opponent has not shown where she changed her mind or ever agreed.Scene Analysis"Scene #1 ... they are already going through with it"My opponent's argument is essentially that, situations have consequences and that Daenerys' agreement to engage in this situation is also an agreement to the consequences. Specifically, agreeing to marriage and, therefore, agreeing to the consequence of consummation.Yes, "they are already going through with it," but against the wishes of Daenerys. She is threatened to "go through with it" and again threatened when she objects and then threatened again for good measure."#Scene 2 ... If anything, Vis's statement here conveys a severe LACK of control over Dany."In saying that you can "let" something happen, the implication is that you have the power to stop it. If you have the power to stop something, you are in control of it. In this context "let" is synonymous with "give permission to." Viserys is saying that permission to have sex with Daenerys is his to give, not hers."Dany voices an objection, and Vis addresses it reasonably and with confidence."This is all that really matters to this debate. You agree to it and cannot show where she changes her mind. It is irrelevant to matters of consent how Viserys response to her objection. The only relevant aspect is her objection."Scene #3 ... 'This is a threat...' Replace with 'this is threatening...'"Threatening - having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner.[1]I don't see how this changes things in terms of placing Daenerys in a state of duress with respect to her marriage (and subsequent consummation) to Drogo.Concessions"Dany possesses free will and was not a slave."Sure. I concede that. It's also immaterial. Sansa had free will and wasn't a slave. It was never a requirement to demonstrate that Daenerys was literally a slave. In fact, Sansa had more opportunity to leave Kings Landing than Daenerys had to leave Pentos. The Hound, before he fled, offered to take Sansa back to Winterfell and Sansa refused. Yet my opponent offers Sansa's marriage to Tyrion as one of non-consent and agrees that consummation in this situation would be rape.It is entirely incongruous to portray Sansa's marriage to Tyrion as non-consensual, when she had more freedom than Daenerys, yet conclude Daenerys' marriage consensual."CON has also completely and utterly avoided the comparison with Sansa's marriage. "My Round 1:"My opponent makes a distinction and agrees that any Tyrion/Sansa interaction would be rape because the marriage was forced. Sansa was a Lannister hostage and forced to marry. Is Daenerys any difference?"My Round 2:"[T]he mere existence of the marriage ceremony is proof of nothing, since you admit the forced marriage of Sansa to Tyrion does not permit him to have sex with her."I did not address the issue explicitly in my Round 3 because it was not necessary to. My opponent only raised the issue in terms of arguing that Daenerys isn't literally a slave (which I don't disagree with) and in terms of claiming Viserys isn't controlling and domineering of Daenerys. I address the second point, though I didn't reference the Sansa comparison.This is the second time my opponent has claimed I conceded points I did not. At this point I would be suggesting a penalty in terms of conduct."[H]e says that Dany "is talking about consensual marriage, which does not apply in her case," and thereby assumes his argument without explanation. The actual explanation is simple - Dany is talking about a Dothraki marriage, characterized by free will, choice, and thus consent. "So she's not talking about consensual marriage, she's talking about marriage characterized by consent? That makes no sense.Etc"Did Dany have any more to say? No, she did not."Exactly. Thank you. My opponent essentially concedes the argument here. Daenerys objected and did not change her mind. She was checkmated - that is, forced - into a position from which she had no moves she could make. Granting consent is a move one takes freely. A person cannot be forced into granting consent.[1]https://www.google.com...