[ SECRET POST #2935 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2935 ⌋

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

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[Ms. Marvel]


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02.
[Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry in The Great British Bake Off]


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[Phylicia Rashad aka Claire Huxtable from The Cosby Show]


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09.
[Harry Potter]


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[The Giver]


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[Laura Pausini & Thalia]


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12.
[Skullgirls]


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13.
[Iain from Great British Bake Off, series 5]


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14. [ SPOILERS for Doctor Who ]



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15. [ SPOILERS for Hatoful Boyfriend ]



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16. [ SPOILERS for Transformers: Robots in Disguise 2015 ]



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17. [ SPOILERS for Legend of Korra ]



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18. [ SPOILERS for this ]




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19. [ WARNING for abuse ]




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20. [ WARNING for rape ]
















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #419.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[kallanda_lee]

I can sort of see it as denial to protect herself. If someone ou liked or had a strong bond with does something awful, it's hard to accept that. Some people just deal with that with complete denial. Doesn't excuse it, but it does sort of explain it.

[lb_lee]

This is sadly extremely true. You never want to believe you were buddies with a rapist and thought he was a great guy.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, basically.

I keep seeing it a lot with people who've done shitty thing - rapists, murderers, con artists, child abusers etc. Close family members and friend will step in to defend them, saying stuff like "He couldn't possibly have done that, I've known him for years, he was such a good person..."

Even when all the evidence points overwhelmingly to the contrary.

I don't think they want to believe that someone they've known for years, someone they've loved and trusted, can be capable of such things. It's a way of protecting themselves.

[(Anonymous)]

I think a lot of that comes out of the notion that rapists are, by definition, inhuman monsters. People go, "Well, I know so-and-so, he's not an inhuman monster, therefore he's clearly not a rapist."

[(Anonymous)]

It's sort of this interesting black-and-white view of people - that because I saw the good side to this person, they musn't have any bad sides, and vice versa.

Personally, I think most people are capable of doing terrible things, given the right circumstances.

And if we're talking about rapists - more often than not, the rapist isn't an evil moustache-twirling stranger lurking in the bushes. They're more likely to be someone known to the victim, and trusted by them. A friend, a family member, a mentor, a colleague.

[(Anonymous)]

^THIS. You hit it right on the nose.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, that's how I feel too. I mean, it's still disappointing, but she probably knew another side of him, and it's probably hard to reconcile that, even in the face of overwhelming evidence.