Khal Drogo Did Not Rape Daenerys Targaryen

I thank drafterman for an intelligent and substantive response.His case is almost exactly how I imagined a CON case would be for this resolution, and I am fully prepared to rebut it. Before I begin, I will first make a correction to CON's statement:"Agreeing to [marriage], generally, is [] an agreement to [the] specific act of sex [on the evening of the marriage]."Rebuttal R1) First, I will dissect the three scenes CON proffers and add more analysis.Scene 1Yes, Viserys (Vis) is an abusive prick. This does NOT mean that he robs Daenerys (Dany) of a voice. This is evident in how Dany does indeed initially object to the marriage in scene #2.Somehow, from Vis being a prick, CON concludes that Dany never had a choice in anything, to include even where they are staying. Nonsense. A map of Essos shows that Vis and Dany had their pick of cities to choose from between Pentos and Vaes Dothrak, and probably chose Pentos simply because it was the closest city to King's Landing across the Narrow Sea: Vis treats Illyrio as if he's a future subject of his kingdom, not as a gracious host, and Illyrio most certainly does not treat Vis as if he had any real power over him. They easily had their choice as to where they would stay and how they would manage their private affairs.This is very, very different from Sansa's situation. Sansa indeed had no choice in her marriage to Tyrion nor any choice about leaving King's Landing without Lannister approval.Scene #2Here CON brings up Dany's initial objection to the marriage...however there are also many, many other observations to make from this quick dialogue:1) Dany and Vis had the exact same goals - to go home, back to Westeros, specifically to King's Landing.2) Dany does not have a better idea as to how to go home.3) Yes, Vis is one hellova prick that would not mind seeing his sister engage in an orgy as long as it resulted in him getting what he wanted.Well, it most certainly sounds like from the dialogue that Vis convinced Dany that his plan was the best chance they had to realize their dream of going home - never mind the snide comment at the end. This, and not any visible threat, silenced Dany's objections, meaning that she was convinced of the logic of the plan, and agreed to it. It's a fair trade - Drogo gets a bride with a name of tremendous worth, the Targaryens get their army, and Illyrio sends the Dothraki back to Vaes Dothrak peacefully, thus leaving Pentos unharmed. Scene #3CON's purpose in bringing up this scene is only the last line, where Vis makes it clear that at this point, there is a lot riding (pun intended) on Dany's ability to perform. Vis's comment, while threatening, is no more threatening than having a contractual obligation hanging over your head that you've yet to meet. And, this particular contract is exceptionally threatening - we know that Pentos routinely bribes the Dothraki in order to deter them from sacking the city (http://gameofthrones.wikia.com...), so for Dany to break this agreement would probably cause the Dothraki to kill them all and sack the city.In the forum thread attached in round #1, a very good example of skydiving was brought up. Once you jump out of that plane, there are certain steps you must take such as pulling the chord, or else your experience at skydiving will become fatal. Similarly, once this marriage was agreed upon, there were certain steps all parties involved had to take, else the experience would become fatal. One of these steps was that the marriage had to be consummated, something that Dany agreed to do upon agreeing to the marriage.The real question to ask is did Dany jump off this particular plane? The answer is of course...she agreed to the marriage and went through with the ceremony...it's time to pull the chord on the chute and do the dirty with Drogo.R2) To address CON's concluding remarks:1) CON: ""Non-consent was clearly voiced..." - Daenerys clearly voiced non-consent."Dany was clearly convinced of Vis's plan, meaning that her objections were overcome. That the marriage ceremony happened as a consequence clearly speaks to this. Dany was not a slave.2) CON: ""...the two are quite cool to each other as a result of that scene..." - Daenerys has no interaction with Drogo outside of his forced sex acts on her (until much later in the season)"This is an invalid comparison...CON is stretching the significance of a rape scene between Cercei and Jaime to explain the interactions between Dany and Drogo. The two scenes are materially different.The show does a very good job in depicting Dany's circumstances. In the very first scene of the second episode, we're treated to Dany's new lifestyle, all within 5 minutes of screentime - it consists of eating horse jerky, visible apprehension of Drogo, and getting carried off her horse almost on a stretcher. IMHO this was a great choice by the show's producers to depict how hard it was for Dany to adjust to her new life, and is much, much more believable than the book's rendition of their night of consummation, where we're led to believe that Drogo, without any words, is able to seduce a woman he's never met over one evening without any wining or dining and get her to have sex with him in order to consummate a long-term arrangement like a marriage. IMHO that's insulting to a woman's sensibilities and decision-making capabilities...you would think something so important would take longer than a couple minutes of caressing and foreplay to resolve.3) CON: ""...an expression of power relations between genders..." - Daenerys is explicitly put into play to be sold, by her brother, for an army, so he can become King."This is something that Dany agreed to do, because Dany and Vis, no matter how dysfunctional their relationship, wanted the exact same thing - to realize the power of their Targaryen heritage.ConclusionMy case stands - the marriage was consensual, agreeable to both Vis and Dany, and thus consummation was expected and consensual. This was not rape.