[ SECRET POST #3241 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3241 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Working late again, sorry!

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 018 secrets from Secret Submission Post #463.
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)]

I used to be friends with a guy who was a huge fan of this film. Talked about it a lot, made a copy of the special laser disk edition, etc.

Lost track of him for a few years only to find out he was now in prison for possession & production of child pornography and molesting one of his underage nieces. He'd been on the run and even profiled on America's Most Wanted before surrendering himself.

Needless to say, it kind of ruined the film for me since then and I do side-eye folks who are way into this relationship.

[(Anonymous)]

People can like it because they identify with the child. That's a thing that happens.

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly. That's why I find extreme age difference fics/media hot. I'm not identifying with the older half of the pairing; I'm identifying with the younger half.

(Note: Only in fiction. I know perfectly well how awful this sort of thing is in real life and I do not condone it in any way, shape, or form. However, as a fantasy? Oh yes, please!)

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly, exactly this. 100%.

[(Anonymous)]

Da - I think the ayrt knows that but has negative personal associations and that's okay too

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[(Anonymous)]

Err, I mean, I don't know if it makes any difference but I'm a 23 year old woman and I've loved this movie since I first saw it in the early 00's, so I first started shipping it when I was like around her age in the movie. I don't watch every movie I see and perv on kids or anything, but knee-jerk reactions like this are exactly why I submitted it as a secret, something I would never tell people.

I always really enjoyed Natalie Portman's acting in this movie, and this turned me onto other Luc Besson films (my personal favourite is The Fifth Element), and I mean...I think there are definitely things that shine through in the script that they didn't remove, since originally they were lovers in early drafts of the script (and yes, Mathilda was still 13/14 in the script), so I don't think I'm psychotic for seeing something that the audience was [i]intended[/i] to pick up on, even if they removed any overt evidence of consummation. Leon and Mathilda don't exactly have what can be called a father/child bond or anything.

Re: OP

[arcadiaego]

I think if you were Natalie Portman's age when you first saw it then a bit of you is *always* her age when you rewatch it, which will add a subtext to your feelings.