Yeah, she is a slave. And yes she gets ordered to sleep with Bo. However, nothing else from the Sex Slave trope fits- that NOT her only job/role, there's no stripperiffic, fetish fuel clothing, and specifically she does not seem to be Made a Slave for the sexual desires of anyone (as per the first line of Sex Slave). Hence, due to the fact that Tropes Are Flexible, I thought Go Seduce My Archnemesis fit better as to Lauren's character/interaction with Bo. She was a minion who was ordered to go seduce/sleep with someone her boss wanted to distract from their mission.
"You want to see how a human dies? At ramming speed." - Emily Wong.
I see your point, and that's why I put "played with" in the entry, but while all those details are common to the Sex Slave trope, they are not essential to it. In the end, the essence of a Sex Slave is a person who is owned and who, as such, is used sexually. Furthermore, that incident is pretty much the only time in all of season one where Lauren's status as a slave is at all noticeable. If the only time her enslavement comes up is when she is forced to have sex with someone, then this trope comes into play.
Go Seduce My Archnemesis might also come into play, but that trope really is not Go Seduce Someone Whom I Want Distracted. The enemy relationship really is key to that trope, as I see it.
I'm willing to go with for the moment, but lets see how season 2 pans out...
"You want to see how a human dies? At ramming speed." - Emily Wong.
Cut this:
- * Go Seduce My Archnemesis: Or that annoying succubus who keeps sticking her nose in where it does not belong. The Ash has Lauren seduce Bo in order to distract her from what she's doing.
How about Fan Preferred Couple stay in the YMMV page? Because for some of us, it really isn't.
"You want to see how a human dies? At ramming speed." - Emily Wong.
Also, put this back:
Sex Slave: Played with. No one ever uses the word "slave" to refer to Lauren, but she does refer to herself as the "property" of the Ash, and for all the influence and prestige she enjoys among the light fae, she is clearly a slave. This trope comes into play when the Ash orders her to seduce and sleep with Bo. Granted, she very much liked and wanted Bo, but it's still the case that she didn't have a choice in the matter.
Because the trope clearly fits. Lauren is clearly a slave. She refers to herself as property, and, in the third episode of season two, she is explicitly included among the "chattels" that the new Ash inherits from the old. She is ordered by her owner to have sex with Bo. A slave who is ordered by her master to have sex with someone is a pretty good working definition of a Sex Slave. Hide / Show Replies