[ SECRET POST #3156 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3156 ⌋

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

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03.
[Spider Riders]


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04.
[Shameless]


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05.
[The Mighty Boosh]


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06.
[Glitch]


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07.
[Fire Emblem: Awakening]


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08.
[Kaikisen]


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09.
[Kingdom Hearts 2]


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[Yu-Gi-Oh]














Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 029 secrets from Secret Submission Post #451.
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

[(Anonymous)]

Isn't this pretty well acknowledged, even by many fans of the book

[(Anonymous)]

My impression was that only people who barely know the book think it counts as a romance...

[ninety6tears]

I get this impression as well, just from discussion as I haven't read Jane Eyre. Though I have read Wuthering Heights which seems to be similarly misinterpreted; the idea that Heathcliff was written to be every woman's fantasy rather than a character developed to have turned monstrous at some point in his life doesn't seem like a high vote of confidence for a woman who wasn't exactly writing "what women ought to be writing" for her time. I'm not sure if JE is meant to also be morally dark or just gothic-intimidating-atmosphere dark, but it is entirely possible Stephenie Meyer didn't really get either of the Brontes.

[(Anonymous)]

"Heatcliff, you studmuffin you! Let me in—let me in!"

[arcadiaego]

Now Heathcliff *is* just a bastard. He kills puppies!

[(Anonymous)]

I was first recommended that book by a very kinky girlfriend, who said she read it as a girl and felt that inescapable sense of recognition. That creepy, one-way power dynamic struck a deep chord in her soul. Or in her panties, at least.

Or, as we often have to say around here, "Of course it's creepy. That's the point."

[(Anonymous)]

Eh, depends. I have friends who liked the book and view it as a romance. They don't see a huge problem because they view it as Jane standing up to Rochester and Rochester repenting of his actions, which makes it okay in the end.

[arcadiaego]

I feel like that about it to be honest. The fact that Jane makes her own way in life, and her own decisions and decides to go back to Rochester only when things will be different is very important. Of course in real life people don't redeem themselves like that but it isn't real life, it's supposed to be a romantic ending. I don't think Bronte is validating the idea of staying with abusive men, quite the opposite actually, as Jane leaves after the revelations with no money and no prospects!

[(Anonymous)]

+1