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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2015-01-04 03:55 pm

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Re: What are you NOT looking forward this year?

[personal profile] lb_lee 2015-01-04 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Ehnnngh. I'd rather not go too deeply into detail, because holy shit TMI so I'll leave at this:

I need to report my aunt to CPS for helping her father rape children. The family is NOT HAPPY about my decision.

Yeeeeeah. It's going to be a FUN year. *thumbs up*

Re: What are you NOT looking forward this year?

(Anonymous) 2015-01-04 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG that's horrible!


I am so sorry. If it helps, you're doing the right thing.
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Re: What are you NOT looking forward this year?

[personal profile] lb_lee 2015-01-04 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Honestly, within the past six months, I've just... kinda lost all sense of proportion. It's all kinda surreal, like I somehow wandered into a Lifetime movie. Nothing even seems that depraved anymore, it just becomes one more thing to deal with.

Thanks for the support though, anon. I had already cut ties with my family, but... yeah. It's been pretty bad.

Heh. On the plus side, by calling the old man out, I finally got my folks to stop contacting me for good.

Re: What are you NOT looking forward this year?

(Anonymous) 2015-01-05 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
Holy fucking shit. Yes, you need to report her ASAP, you're absolutely doing the right thing, and it sucks that your family can't see that. Sending good thoughts your way.
lb_lee: Raige making a horrified face. (D:)

Re: What are you NOT looking forward this year?

[personal profile] lb_lee 2015-01-05 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
No kidding. I haven't reported her yet, because I'm still finding out more and more shit. I want to have ALL my ducks in a row before I take this shit on, because it's going to SUCK. So much.

Have you ever tried to talk about the family child-molester with other members of the family? It makes discussing Uncle Larry's politics and Aunt Yuna's abortion look like fucking cake. Thank god I burned my bridges years ago; I doubt anyone will be inviting ME to Christmas dinner for the next forever.

Re: What are you NOT looking forward this year?

(Anonymous) 2015-01-05 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
Erm, Maybe you should be reporting the father instead?

I'm not trying to claim any knowledge on what happened, but her responsibility in this may be questionable based on an obvious power dynamic, and potentially her fear for her own safety?

Just something to think about before you ruin the woman's life. She may well be as much a victim as anyone else.
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Re: What are you NOT looking forward this year?

[personal profile] lb_lee 2015-01-05 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
I would be more than happy to, if the guy weren't ten years dead. Sure, I'll report his behavior, but. You know. Nothing's going to happen to him.

Also, avoiding TMI but trust me. This was NOT a woman who was afraid for her safety. The last incident I have records of, the perp was physically infirm, with a weak heart, and actively needed her help to be able to perform the act he did. She was the one who go the kid into an isolated area and held the kid down.

He's been dead for ten years. Any hold he had over her should've long gave way to moral decency. I have all the respect in the world for my fellow rape victims, but not when they feed children to a dying pedophile.

Furthermore, her life is not going to get ruined, because all I've got is people's stories, all from ten years ago or older. The trail's long dead, the main perp is dead, and frankly, nobody in the family cares. So this woman's life is going to be just fine. She's not even going to get investigated, unless there's something else going on I don't know about.

The only reason I'm reporting her, knowing nothing will be done, is because she's a teacher, and because goddammit, I don't want anything else happening to any more kids. Nobody in this family has reported the guy, or even warned future generations.

Sorry, but I'm getting pretty angry here. You do not know what my family is, but trust me when I say: it's uglier than I'm saying.

Re: What are you NOT looking forward this year?

(Anonymous) 2015-01-05 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
DA

I'm sorry that you're going through this. I had to testify to the police a few months ago about a rapist who sexually harassed me after he raped one of my friends. It was awful and stressful, but I'm glad that I did it for her sake, and for the sake of getting him far away from other women.

I know it's hard but you're doing the right thing.
lb_lee: Raige making a horrified face. (D:)

Re: What are you NOT looking forward this year?

[personal profile] lb_lee 2015-01-05 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks. This is unfortunately not the first shitty report I've had to make. I do hope it'll be my last, though.

Part of me wonders why I'm bothering, since I know nothing is going to happen. But I have to do SOMETHING. Someone has to.

Re: What are you NOT looking forward this year?

(Anonymous) 2015-01-05 10:04 am (UTC)(link)
You're doing the right thing. Good luck. I hope something comes of it this time.
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Re: What are you NOT looking forward this year?

[personal profile] lb_lee 2015-01-05 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
*sigh* I hope so, but I don't have a lot of hope.

On the plus side, I DO think I was able to actually make something happen by using a far less official, but far more effective tool: PEER PRESSURE.

That aunt lives in a cul-de-sac surrounded by a bunch of my other relatives, so I called them up and blew the whistle on her over the holidays, when EVERYONE comes down together. I told them what she did, and not to leave her alone with any of the children.

Even if they don't believe me, I'd like to think I upset them enough to at least WATCH her. It's not like it takes much effort, and once that doubt has been put in your head...

Re: What are you NOT looking forward this year?

(Anonymous) 2015-01-06 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
DA

First of all: I'm so sorry you have to go through this, and I hope things turn out for the best.

Secondly: Peer pressure can do a hell of a lot.

When my mom was young her cousin and cousinchildren were murdered by the cousin's husband in a fire. The only reason he didn't get away with it was because he got too drunk to get out in time, so he died with them.

The asshole was apparently charismatic as fuck, because even with the police OUTRIGHT SAYING he did it (his car contained all the evidence) people still claimed it was a tragic accident. Between my mom, her other cousins, and the local gossip snatching up other things he'd done... Well, some never stopped believing it was just slander, but it got harder for them to deny the truth. At the very least they stopped trying to defend him openly.
lb_lee: Raige making a horrified face. (D:)

Re: What are you NOT looking forward this year?

[personal profile] lb_lee 2015-01-06 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks, same here.

Peer pressure is HELLA powerful. I figure, it was enough to keep the old man safe for fifty years, I damn well better be able to wrench it to my benefit with a few phone calls. That said, I'm thousands of miles away from any of my relatives (thank GOD) so have limited influence. It's just as well; it means they have limited influence ON ME.

And eesh, that's a terrible thing to happen. My condolences, Anon.

Re: What are you NOT looking forward this year?

(Anonymous) 2015-01-05 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
I'm so sorry, but you're doing the right thing. A lot of families don't like rocking the boat or having everything be awkward and uncomfortable when something like this happens but their uncomfortable feelings aren't as important as the safety of the children.
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Re: What are you NOT looking forward this year?

[personal profile] lb_lee 2015-01-05 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks. And yeah, this family is the MASTER of not rocking the boat. Like I get it, relatives, I'm sorry you were victims too, but it doesn't just end with you. You have a responsibility NOT to feed your kids to the guy too, a responsibility that in my opinion trumps your own victimhood. And I say this as a victim myself.