I'm not trying to be rude here, but coerced sex - which this obviously is - is still rape, and it kiiiiinda seems weird to me how many people are excited to see one of the main characters get raped =/
HOW RUDE!! No, just kidding.
I'm sorry, but it's a comic. Let's not take ourselves too seriously. In my mind it's like a classy party where Bern is...yes, forced to do sexual acts, and it's a hot idea to me. I get really turned on by the "nice girl" idea. I wouldn't try to see it from her point of view, because that would ruin the fun. Would I ever do it to anyone? Of course not. I'm a "nice guy" *devilemoticon*
And let's be honest, in the same situation certain girls would feel good, having sex with strangers with no strings attached, being told what to do, etc. Bern has sexual desires but often represses them because of her morals...just like she's been dreaming about Polly and hating herself for it. The fantasy of this situation, and why the people in the comic would pay to see Bern as a sex slave for a night, but for Polly it would have to be ten, is the idea that somewhere, deep down, she might enjoy it or get turned on in spite of herself.
I'm just sharing my own relationship to what's happening. In Brion's universe, these could very well be total mindless and/or evil sickos that will end up butchering her at the end of the night or whatever, etc. etc, and that's another aspect of this whole mystery.
Yes, forgive me but I am excited...I want to see what happens. However Brion is a great writer and is going to present this in some way which will probably not A) be a porno show or B) dodge the topic/feeling/fantasy I'm trying to describe entirely.
I would watch the porno show though (not the snuff film).
EDIT: big props to Brion for that comment, both on the fact that you don't watch Game of Thrones, which is in a way badass, and also just for the one sentence perfection.