There are erotic scenes in FL beyond the Deacon’s kiss?
Joking around, of course. The Cheesemonger’s story seemed to me to play around with all the cliches of the seductive mentor/spy, only to turn it on its head, as you discover you’re the one being seduced and indoctrinated, too. The danger of course, being that subtlety might not always work as intended - but it did not cause me to question the authors’ morality.
I have always been grateful for the complete absence of rape in FL. I did not mind "The Lead" being removed and replaced (albeit rather heavy-handedly, with a story about respect). But the Cheesemonger story is perhaps the dirtiest in all of London. It was kind of fitting.
edited by Jolanda Swan on 5/23/2020