[ SECRET POST #3963 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3963 ⌋

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07. [SPOILERS for Great British Bake Off, S08E08: Forgotten Bakes]

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I think their obsession with each other isn't healthy. Mike literally spent a year trying to contact her every day and I swear every other thing that came out of his mouth in season 2 was about Eleven. He revolves around her way too much.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't agree it's unhealthy - at least not so far. Falling in love and grieving are two experiences that are hard for even most adults to know how to deal with. And yet Mike's a 13-year-old, who had to deal with both in short order. I wouldn't think it was odd if one of my friends hadn't moved on from the traumatic death of someone they loved before a year was up, and they're adults. People grieve at their own pace. And it isn't as though Mike stopped hanging out with his friends or doing the things he did before. He wasn't flunking out of school, he hadn't stopped eating. He wasn't coping perfectly, but he was coping.

Secondly though, even if their attachment to each other were unhealthy, it would be pretty mild on the unhealthy spectrum. And frankly, even if I could somehow be objectively proven wrong about it not being unhealthy, I just don't care overly. I mean really, this is fandom. Fandom loves unhealthy fictional relationships.

[(Anonymous)]

He only knew her for like a week at most. No 13 year old would dedicate literally every day obsessively trying to contact someone they became infatuated with unless they're warped.

[(Anonymous)]

Okay, well firstly, just because you've never fallen in love in a week doesn't mean nobody else has, or that if they do there's something wrong with them. I never have myself, but I've known people who have, and it's worked out varying degrees of well for them. (One had a fairly amicable break-up about a year later; the other married the person and is still married to them.)

Secondly, When it comes to love stories, you kind of have to take the narrative at face value if it's going to work for you at all (See: almost every Disney princess film, and most romantic comedies/dramadies). If the narrative says it's love, or intimates that it's love, then it's love. You can reject that on the grounds of realism or cynicism, but if you reject that the character love each other, and then criticize the characters for behaving in a way befitting of characters who love each other, that's kind of a pointless argument, and not particularly fair to the narrative either.

And thirdly, Mike really, really does not "dedicate literally every day to obsessively trying to contact" Eleven. He calls her once a day. For what appears to be about a minute every day. One minute. I mean, wow, Mike. I know you went through a pretty bizarre, extreme, and probably traumatic experience with this girl, that culminated in you watching as she died/disintegrated in order to protect you, but geez, have some respect for yourself and get over it a little faster why don't you?

[(Anonymous)]

Hit a nerve?

[(Anonymous)]

Da, and super late to this, but congrats on your dick reply. Did you even read ayrt's comment? They said right out of the gate that they hadn't fallen in love in a week themselves. Do if this did "hit a nerve" for them, that means they've had to grieve someone they were on lovethe with. You you, winner that you are, are fucking trolling them about it. Get a damn life.

Personally, I agree with most of their points, and I have so far not had to grieve a partner. I think ayrt and I simply find your opinions simplistic and judgey. *shrugs*

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, it wasn't, like, a week at summer camp we're talking about here