[ SECRET POST #3890 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3890 ⌋

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

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[Harry Potter and Pretty Little Liars]


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[The Crown]


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[Me Before You (novel)]


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[Little Women, Jo/Laurie, Jo/Professor Bhaer]


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(Supergirl, Wynonna Earp)


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07.
[The Defenders]













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Comments

[rosehiptea]

Normally I like age differences OK in fiction but I agree with this secret. He was really patronizing to her.

[philstar22]

The book is so tied to the movie adaption in my mind (the one with Kirsten Dunst, et. al.), i can't seem to separate him. And in the movie, he was less patronizing and much more awkward and shy and kind of adorable, so I started shipping it. That version of the professor seemed a good match for her bold, take charge personality.

[tabaqui]

I dunno. People say that, but Jo herself was unhappy with what she was doing/writing, and when she really gave it some thought and read over her published stuff, she didn't like them.

I don't think him talking about the sensational stuff in papers in general (he didn't know she had written them), was patronizing at all, and he was very unsure of his welcome with her, and so doting on his little adopted children.

I just liked him.

[(Anonymous)]

The issue I take with that is that she wasn't writing those stories because she loved writing them, she was doing it to support her family. It's one thing for her to decide on her own that she can no longer stomach writing sensationalist stories even if it's for a noble cause but it rubs me the wrong way that Bhaer lectures her about it even though they're barely acquainted at that point. A woman didn't have as many options back then for earning a legitimate living. It seems a bit high horse to criticize someone who's working really hard to feed and clothe her siblings just because you disagree with the content of her fiction.

Also if you look back with the benefit of hindsight, he's making a hilariously over the top fuss over how bad for you those stories were - one of the attitudes that really dates Alcott's work. It's like the Christian groups who campaign to ban Harry Potter because of the occult influence.

[tabaqui]

But he wasn't criticizing her in specific, he was talking about those kinds of stories in general. He had *no* idea it was her, or why she was doing it.

And, like i said - she was relieved to stop and to burn all those stories, and didn't feel sorry once she was done, she just wanted to find another way to send money home.

Sure, some of the things in there are a bit much, but - it is what it is. She was a feminist and abolitionist, so I suspect she was writing a good portion of it in a way to simply please her audience.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree so much with this entire comment.