Khal Drogo Did Not Rape Daenerys Targaryen

From what I can tell, CON has staked this entire debate on an "all chips down" emphasis on one primary disagreement between PRO/CON - whether or not Dany had free will before she got married.Dropped ArgumentsBefore I address this central argument, I will first note what CON dropped:1) Once the marriage was agreed upon, the arrangement was as life-threatening as skydiving. For Viserys to threaten Dany at this point has nothing to do with whether or not she was coerced into the marriage to begin with - the marriage itself was a threatening affair, and Vis was simply adding emphasis to this point to ensure that Dany did not mess up. CON's scene #3 point has been fully rebutted.2) Vis and Dany had the exact same goals - to return to Westeros and claim the crown in the name of their family.3) Vis and Dany had their choice of locales for residence in Essos, and probably chose Pentos simply because it was close to King's Landing.4) None of the scenes show that Dany was forced into the marriage. Most just show that Vis was an abusive prick, something that PRO/CON readily agree upon.5) Scene #2 is the only scene that involved a discussion about the marriage. In that scene, there was no coercion.6) Dany lived a hard life after getting married. Everything was hard...even the sex was hard.Given that Dany was not a slave, all of this is easily enough to substantiate that Dany was not raped on her wedding night, because Dany agreed to the marriage, and all marriages were expected to be consummated.RebuttalWas Dany a slave?This is now the central question of the debate. Most of CON's other objections have been dropped by CON upon rebuttal. I will proffer an analogy:Imagine a game of chess, with Vis and Dany as players. We all know that there are certain positions that would compel a player to move as their opponent wanted if that player wanted to win, but the player still has free will to move his or her own pieces as they see fit. The question that CON poses then is not whether or not Vis is a better player than Dany, but rather whether or not Vis is moving Dany's pieces against her will.In scene #2, we evidently see Dany voicing her own arguments against the marriage, essentially questioning how it was relevant to them going back to King's Landing. Vis then offers his own arguments, that this was exactly how they were going home...with an army. Dany had nothing to say to this. There was no coercion from Vis in this scene.This is akin to Dany moving a piece, and then Vis moving his own piece, and then Dany forfeiting the game, acknowledging checkmate. Vis then rubs it in her face afterward with the snide comment about the orgy. Again, there was no coercion from Vis in this scene...he does not ever order or threaten Dany to marry Drogo. Vis is simply a better player at the game at this point - he does not move Dany's pieces. Dany is simply a terrible player at this point, although she learns very quickly after getting married.This simple argument addresses about 80% of CON's prior round. It proves that Dany consented to the marriage, and was not forced into it.This scene illustrates what marriage meant to Dany: (). In the scene she saves female captives from becoming slaves. When confronted about the apparent Dothraki "right to rape", Dany rebuts that if they want sex, they should do it properly, via marriage. This strongly implies that 1) once a woman is given free will, 2) that woman expresses that free will via consent to marriage. This describes Dany's views on marriage, and thus Dany's own marriage as well.---Just to put all this in perspective:In CON's three scenes:1) In scene #1, Vis threatened Dany about looking good the day they were to meet Khal Drogo2) In scene #2, there were no threats at all in an open discussion about the PRO/CONs of the marriage, and PRO (Vis) won that argument, fair and square. This is the only relevant scene from CON in regards to consent to marriage.3) In scene #3, after already agreeing to the marriage, Vis lets it known that Dany is in a precarious position, and that she had better make Drogo happy. This is a threat, but not relevant as to whether or not she was coerced into the marriage.Yes, Vis is a prick that abuses Dany on a whim. He does not threaten her all the time, and she still speaks her mind when she wants to.This contrasts heavily with Sansa, who whenever she was around a Lannister, would do and say exactly what she thought the Lannisters wanted her to do and say. Sansa was indeed a Lannister slave of sorts, most certainly a hostage under intense coercion who could not speak her mind.Other Minor Points1) CON needs to prove that "Viserys clearly is domineering and controlling of his sister." There is simply no evidence that Vis controlled Dany. Dany still spoke her mind, and Vis did not beat her for it (contrast to Sansa, who was beaten if she ever spoke out against her captives, which she did only once and was struck by a Kingsguard for it ).2) CON states that the Cercei/Jaime affair "demonsttrate[d] [sic] that the sexual act caused a divide between them," which is true because that was rape. There is an evident difference between Dany and Drogo...it is through sex that brought them closer together. See the difference?Furthermore, Cercei/Jaime were never married, so the whole deal with consummation (which is central to this debate) was not relevant. This makes it even more evident that Jaime raped Cercei.3) One other thing to remember is that Vis and Dany are Targaryens...given their traditions, they were most likely to marry each other. Another motivating factor for her to agree to the marriage may have been to prevent a marriage to Vis. This is more evidence of consent by Dany. ConclusionCON has staked everything upon Dany being a slave robbed of free will. She clearly wasn't - a contrast to Sansa's plight puts it in perspective.She freely agreed to the marriage.