LOL, thelana - you've really analyzed every possible angle :)
I admit that the idea of rape occurred to me (rather sharply and unpleasantly, considering my threshold for fictional non-con) because of the Foyet stripping his shirt/lying on top of Hotch sequence. The conversation definitely alluded to rape.
But I ultimately think that it was more a mindfuck than anything else, because Foyet is the kind of guy that loves psychological domination/humiliation/control far more than any physical release -- he could stop killing for ten years just to savor the sense of control he had over Shaugnessy. It's all about the mindgames and less about physical aggression alone (although he clearly enjoyed kicking the crap out of Hotch).
I think that if he did nick Hotch's "equipment" in any way there would be a far more violent reflex action of pain from Hotch than the passive "umph" we saw. And although Hotch did not tell Emily the truth, his behavior throughout the scenes did not have the raw/bruised/edgy feel of someone who had been raped.
So in the end I think it was just very uncomfortable innuendo that, unless everyone involved in writing and producing the script has NO sense of subtext, was entirely intentional for the squirm/squick effect.
I do hope that they don't run with the rape plot thread, because it really is too much to throw at Hotch on top of everything he's already been through, from being blown up in S4 to getting baited and stabbed by a psycho with a very unhealthy obsession with him. And judging from the patchy, poorly developed plot arc with Reid's drug addiction, if they DID go with Hotch being raped they're probably going to sprinkle a few half-assed attempts at PTSD and Hotch is "back to normal" again. Continuity is not CM's strong suit!
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Date: Sep. 25th, 2009 05:24 pm (UTC)I admit that the idea of rape occurred to me (rather sharply and unpleasantly, considering my threshold for fictional non-con) because of the Foyet stripping his shirt/lying on top of Hotch sequence. The conversation definitely alluded to rape.
But I ultimately think that it was more a mindfuck than anything else, because Foyet is the kind of guy that loves psychological domination/humiliation/control far more than any physical release -- he could stop killing for ten years just to savor the sense of control he had over Shaugnessy. It's all about the mindgames and less about physical aggression alone (although he clearly enjoyed kicking the crap out of Hotch).
I think that if he did nick Hotch's "equipment" in any way there would be a far more violent reflex action of pain from Hotch than the passive "umph" we saw. And although Hotch did not tell Emily the truth, his behavior throughout the scenes did not have the raw/bruised/edgy feel of someone who had been raped.
So in the end I think it was just very uncomfortable innuendo that, unless everyone involved in writing and producing the script has NO sense of subtext, was entirely intentional for the squirm/squick effect.
I do hope that they don't run with the rape plot thread, because it really is too much to throw at Hotch on top of everything he's already been through, from being blown up in S4 to getting baited and stabbed by a psycho with a very unhealthy obsession with him. And judging from the patchy, poorly developed plot arc with Reid's drug addiction, if they DID go with Hotch being raped they're probably going to sprinkle a few half-assed attempts at PTSD and Hotch is "back to normal" again. Continuity is not CM's strong suit!