[ SECRET POST #3987 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3987 ⌋

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

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[Yuri on Ice]


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[Book Series: The Temeraire Novels by Naomi Novik]


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[Orphan Black]


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[South Park]


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[Stranger Things]


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[Smallville]


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[Iron Fist, Joy/Danny]














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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

FWIW, 16 is the age of consent in Indiana and given the time period, nobody would've batted an eye. I'm not saying it's right or that this mindset hasn't changed for the better, but back then? Yeah, Billy would've been THE MAN for hitting that.

[(Anonymous)]

There are a lot of people today who would say that a male teenager is THE MAN for sleeping with a female teacher. Do you think that's acceptable as well?

[(Anonymous)]

*points at above comment* "I'm not saying it's right or that this mindset hasn't changed for the better..."

[(Anonymous)]

But if you don't think it's right, then who gives a shit whether people would have condoned it

[(Anonymous)]

Because of the context, anon. Sparrow_lately points to "Billy is like 16 years old and she's not, so like, you see the problem there" as being the reason why the OP's scenario wouldn't have happened. But that's overlooking the fact that the story and the hypothetical relationship would take place in the 80s, not 2017. Regardless of what you or I think about it today, in the 80s that relationship would not necessarily be the cause of such outrage to the point where it would never happen.

[(Anonymous)]

I think that's a reason why the people making the show in 2017 would choose not to do it, not a reason that it would be unrealistic within the fictional construct of the show.

[(Anonymous)]

Sure. But that's assuming the OP wasn't talking about fanfiction, where people don't always abide by canon OR by what most people find problematic.

[(Anonymous)]

Absolutely, although I think sparrow_lately has already addressed that misreading in the thread.

[sparrow_lately]

I'm pretty sure even in the 80s, sleeping with your daughter's classmate was considering a little bit taboo.

[(Anonymous)]

For the woman, yes. For Billy, it's unlikely his peers would consider it even a little bit taboo. Again, not saying that's right, but given that this mindset is still very much present today, it was definitely present and far less challenged in the 80s.

[(Anonymous)]

He's supposed to be a senior, right? So... it would have played more Mrs. Robinson than Lolita, honestly. It would have been a scandal, not a crime.

[tabaqui]

This. If he's a senior, it's even possible he's 18, which would eliminate any and all legal questions. To me, the actor comes across as a twenty-something so much that I couldn't really believe him as a school-kid at all.