[ SECRET POST #2808 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2808 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Daria]


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[Hannibal]


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04.
[Breaking Bad]


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[Pride and Prejudice]


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[James May from Top Gear]


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[GentleWhispering]


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[Little Women]


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[Psycho-Pass]


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[johnny's entertainment / j&a]










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Comments

[sarillia]

I should reread those parts. I've heard that criticism before and it seems like something I'd agree with but I just don't remember being all that bothered by it personally, which seems really weird now. I remember the stuff I like about their relationship more.

[tabaqui]

He did lecture her, but frankly, in the time that the books was written, the kind of 'sensational' stuff she was writing *was* viewed as rather morally bankrupt and trashy, and I think Fritz just had the opinion that she could do better and not lower herself. He respected her desire to earn money, but wished she'd do it in a different way.

(I read LW over every year. Still love it.)

[(Anonymous)]

And writing that kind of sensational stuff was affecting Jo. It's been a while since I read the book, but didn't both her physical and mental health suffer from being so immersed in death and other grim things?

[tabaqui]

Yeah, she was mentally feeling the effects of it, and was relieved to put it aside. She thought she was just being 'worldly' and 'strong' to write that stuff, like 'who cares, at least i get paid!', but it was definitely affecting her.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, in the context, it's definitely portrayed as a good thing. Bhaer is sort of "saving" Jo by making her realize that writing sensational stories is somehow bad for her or beneath her. It kind of rubbed me the wrong way because it's not like she had many options in that time period to earn money, and he was criticizing her for it. I dunno. Bhaer just seemed too much like a father figure and it didn't really sell the romance for me.

[(Anonymous)]

Writing that kind of stories was bad and beneath the so called respectable people in their time. I wish people would remember that times and attitudes do change over time. What's okay now might not have been okay in the past.

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you!

[(Anonymous)]

Sure, but we might also remember that Jo is Alcott's self-insert, and that Alcott herself deeply enjoyed writing those stories. She called them her "blood and thunder" stories, and she much preferred writing them to Little Women. But Little Women is what sold, so Little Women is what she wrote.

[(Anonymous)]

That Alcott did it doesn't still make it socially acceptable, and Little Women and her other similar books were meant for young girls. Of course they wouldnät portray something like that as a fine and good thing to do.

[(Anonymous)]

Anon, when you're poor and your family is poor and your skill at writing less-than-respectable stories is the only thing keeping food on the table and a roof over their heads, nobody --yes even in that time period!-- who is sensible should be prioritizing the moral repercussions over hello, your family needs to eat.