Voyeurism’s Damage to Visual Stories
I don’t typically watch anime, but when I do, it’s usually reruns of Avatar: The Last Airbender (and some of the sequel series The Legend of Korra ). Otherwise, I stick mostly with sci-fi and other forms of speculative fiction. Another anime series Shannon and I worked through a few years back was Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood , based on the Manga of the same name. A moment occurs in this series where a bit of nudity interrupts the flow of the story. Shannon explains in a recent blog post, The Rape of Winry Rockbell : Let me set the scene. A teenage girl, after a long and dangerous journey, finally arrives at the home of someone who is not out to kill her: another teenage girl. Though they don’t know each other well, they both immediately recognize a friend. The traveler’s new friend runs a bath for her, pulling a curtain around the tub so she can have some privacy. As our traveler undresses and washes off the dust and weariness of the journey, she feels safe enough in t...