[trebleshot]

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Originally Posted by JamesBenjamin

The "rape joke" is in the party scene when they're all trying to lift Thor's hammer. Tony something like "if I lift it, i get to rule asgard, right?" thor says "yes" then tony says "well I'm reinstating Prima Nocta"... Prima Nocta was something old kings supposedly enacted that let them have sex with every bride on their wedding night before the husband did. That's the rape joke.

I'm not saying pro/con or whatever, just explaining the joke so you guys know what it is.

I knew about Prima Nocte, but dismissed it for the same reason that others have already mentioned. Tony was a notorious womanizer and they all know it. More importantly Odin and Mjolnir know it. Even still, he's committed to Pepper at this point in the MCU timeline, so the line was probably meant to be a bit of self-depreciating humour.

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Originally Posted by CMIII

The only times Prima Nocta was used was the Roman's. I know that Braveheart had Long Shanks order it but there is no proof the British did this. Personally that's one order Stark would regret quickly.

I'd also add that Braveheart is a heavily fictionalized account of Wallace's life.

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Originally Posted by CMIII

Hold it wait a second. Trebleshot and I agreed on something.

Twice in the same thread, no less.

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