I think its obvious that Iris was doing *something* to Ayana that would alter her body - resulting in her saying "Irys...it's so hot," show it the amulet and allow herself to be enveloped by her "pet." I find it more likely that some sort of pshychic assertion was executed.
You can call me naive if you want, but as a viewer we see Iris wrap its tentacles around Ayana, the camera tilts back and the next time you see her, she's in that embryonic(?) sack with a mess of tentacles plugged into her back.
You can say that I'm over-reacting to what fans on the internet say, but when people who haven't seen the film actually think that there was a scene in which Iris had sex with Ayana, it hurts the film's reputation.
The truth is, that none of us know what Itô or Kaneko meant for that scene. While Nagamine says that Iris may have tried to bond with Ayana's nervous system - she is only guessing. Viewers should that recognize whatever was happening, Irys was growing or transforming from one stage of its development to the next.
So if we (as a collective) refer to that scene as the "rape" scene- even if in jest, its just going to perpetuate the myth. I, for one, would prefer that we (as a collective) put a stop to this derogatory label.
-Kyle
PS - I am a great advocate of the film. It is one of my favorites. I guess that I just fall under that category of fan that doesn't have a difficult time viewing a monster movie from multiple humans' points of view. I will watch this film time and time again. And as I see (over time) the effects dating themselves, I can still say to myself at least that this was the most engaging kaiju film available at the time and still falls in my "top five" favorites ever.
