Talk:Imprinting/@comment-71.204.44.4-20110506053754

This is the most disturbing concept I've read about in a long time. There is one thing heavily represented throughout the series and that's lack of consent. Males imprint on female counterparts without any choice on the female's end. It's said that in the end the female's get a choice in the matter but as the incident with Emily shows even though she rejected the offer of affection she in the end is eager to say "Thank you sir, may I have another." After all, if you were horribly disfigured why would you turn a guy down who gives you unconditional devotion? For people not understanding why it's creepy in the case of Quil and Jacob, let me break it down for you. Yes, they're imprinted on children. You say they have no sexual intentions with a child and that may very well be true but the point is that their "imprinting" is a biological imperative in the werewolf world. They imprint to reproduce. Their intention is to raise these little girls until they are old enough to have children of their own. This, this is creepy. If a man had written this novel I have no doubt he'd be seeing prison. What was just described is child grooming. They build the trust of these little girls over the years with the intention to use that trust become intimately involved with them. It's not "romantic" it's not "cute" it's sick. It may just be a book, I know people sometimes use trashy novels as guilty pleasures but if you're actually gleaning anything from this as romance you need to sit back and take a good think about this. People who do this in reality end up on sex offenders list.