[ SECRET POST #2977 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2977 ⌋

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

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[Paul Darrow]


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[Dragon Age: Inquisition]


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(Bee and Puppycat)


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[Joan Watson, Elementary]


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(Marvel's Agents of Shield)


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[One Piece]


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[Noah Emmerich, The Americans]


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[Teen Wolf]


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15. [ WARNING for rape ]



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Comments

[forgottenjester]

It's infantalizing to say someone it's ready for the emotional side of sex?

I... know people in their 20s who are like that. I don't think they're children.

[dancing_clown]

Not all people are ready to be emotional about sex or equipped to be with people who are, but for some people, sex is just sex. A fun thing to do.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

I'd argue that it's not about "be[ing] emotional about sex" and more about understanding that there CAN be emotional implications to sex.

If someone can't appreciate that there might be a disconnect or that the person they're with may or may not have a different emotional barometer for the act than them, then they may not be emotionally mature enough to be able to judge whether something's "just for fun" or not.

[forgottenjester]

Hmm, yeah, I was trying to kinda hit that. However, he is 26 at the time so it's really iffy.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Someone who hadn't developed emotionally for whatever reason would have problems with that at whatever age, I'd imagine. Be it a highly controlled or sheltered environment, a disorder, or that they come from a background or culture where factoring emotional intelligence in wasn't done. It's one of those things you can only really formulate when you develop a functional level of empathy and self-awareness, I think.

There are a couple of characters in my fandoms that fit that description when it comes to emotional maturity. One's a robot much like Data, who's only learning about these things via interaction with humans. One's been highly sheltered and protected her entire life until she decides to escape. They're both portrayed as being in their early twenties. Neither of them have been in especially controversial situations within their respective canons, but their interactions make it clear they don't have the same points of emotional reference as to what is and isn't acceptable to those around them, which let's face it, is how we all formulate those things.

I'm not in the fandom so I have no idea what the narrative reasons for this storyline might have been, but characters like that are usually pretty fascinating for me in terms of a) how they adapt and b) what our own ingrained "this is acceptable, this is not" lines are and how they were formed.

[forgottenjester]

He has developed emotionally somewhat. It's just as not as much as a human. He has mastered certain things though. We currently don't know his precise mastery of intimate relationships or anything about sex. I would wager more on the little to nothing side but I still have to admit we don't know. And I would say he has quite a bit of empathy. The self-awareness comes and goes.

His life wasn't sheltered, thankfully, he just lacks an emotional chip which causes him to not be able to understand things sometimes. That and lack of experience, so I'm assuming much like your robot character.

Anyway, it's easy to say, "yes, he doesn't have enough reference." However, there is still some grey area left since we do not know for sure his exact history in those 26 years. We can only guess at it from comments and his current actions. So six of one, half-done of the other.

[forgottenjester]

This is true. I just don't know what Data is. He's technically 26 at this point. He could have the experience he needs to make the decision (of how he views sex) in that time if he were human. Hmm, I keep thinking of how he deals with other things and can either see him just not caring at all or either he would care but it goes mostly over his head. Does that make sense?

[dancing_clown]

Yeah, more or less.