fandomsecrets | [ SECRET POST #3145 ]

⌈ Secret Post #3145 ⌋

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

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[Girl With all the Gifts/She Who Brings Gifts]

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02.

[Hannibal]

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03.

[Rookie Blue]

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04.

[Gakuen Alice]

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06.

[Linkara, Atop the Fourth Wall]

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07.

[Rookie Blue]

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08.

[Dawes, "Things Happen"]

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09.

[Yukigumi, Sagiri Seina & Sakihi Miyu]

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10.

[Brooklyn Nine-Nine]

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11.

[Good Omens]

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12.

[Arrested Development]

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13. http://i.imgur.com/FckwG6x.jpg
[The Walking Dead (possibly spoilers), linked for gore (not real, but TV/Walking Dead-realism)]

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14. [SPOILERS for M:I - Rogue Nation]

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15. [SPOILERS for Warbreaker]

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16. [WARNING for "NSFW, Nudity, forced kink, general fuckeduppery"]
http://s9.postimg.org/bzl9zbv3j/fs_pparc_twnsfw_twnudity_twgeneralfuckeduppery.jpg
[Hunter x Hunter; linked because ? nudity/abuse/or something? and I'm not really sure what's going on here]

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17. [WARNING for rape]

[The Phantom Of The Opera, James Barbour]

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18. [WARNING for rape]

[Lupin III - The Woman Called Fujiko Mine]

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19. [WARNING for death]

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20. [SPOILERS for the Talos Principle]
[WARNING for suicide]

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I don't mind infidelity when it's one member of the OTP cheating ON the other member (though only if it's done really well). But when it's one member of the OTP cheating on their partner WITH the other member of the OTP? Nope. Will not read this.

In theory, I could read it if it's set in some era in the past where they're married and can't divorce their spouse, but I hate most of those too, since it's usually the guy cheating on his wife, and the power dynamics there piss me off.

In theory, I could read it if it's set in some era in the past where they're married and can't divorce their spouse, but I hate most of those too, since it's usually the guy cheating on his wife, and the power dynamics there piss me off.

Crikey. I thought I was the only one who hates this - and you've articulated one of the reasons why I hate it. I couldn't quite figure it out myself. Thank-you. (It was a fic of this sort that gave me first-hand experience of being triggered, ugh.)

Yeah, those kinds of fics never come off as "oh the poor guy! He's forced to cheat because he can't divorce his wife!" It comes off as "the guy can cheat on his wife with impunity while the wife is forced to sit there and take it because she has no legal, social, or financial ability to leave him, and she'd be fucked if he left her." And him keeping it a secret from her doesn't change the grossness of this situation, IMO.

It's especially dumb when it's possible for the writer to come up with a situation where the husband and wife *could* separate, even if they can't get divorced, but noooooo they think putting them in a situation where he has to lie and sneak around to commit infidelity is so much better.

"the guy can cheat on his wife with impunity while the wife is forced to sit there and take it because she has no legal, social, or financial ability to leave him, and she'd be fucked if he left her." And him keeping it a secret from her doesn't change the grossness of this situation, IMO.

That's like the situation Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire found herself in - having to be complaisant because she had no choice at all. IRL no-one has the remotest sympathy for the Duke in that scenario, so why in fic scenarios is it supposed to be romantic?... No wonder the poor girl died young, or that her son remained a lifelong bachelor.

*mutters*

I find most historical stories involving marriage horrible and unromantic.
Like, it's okay because your wife is a bitch?
I'd be pretty bitchy too if I lost my freedom and power in a loveless union from which there is no escape other than death. Jesus.

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