[ SECRET POST #4131 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4131 ⌋

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

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[Cardcaptor Sakura, Pokémon Black/White, Sonic the Hedgehog, Lord of the Rings]



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["Babushka Lady", JFK assassination]


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05.
[Jessica Jones season 2]


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[Ready Player One]


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08.
[The Great British Bake Off]








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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

But Thor and Loki weren't biologically related? Yes, they did grow up together but Thorki is not technically incest.
Also it is legal where I am for cousins to marry. I understand it is a squick for you (and I'm not a fan of cousins being together), but cousins marrying is not really seen as 'incest' nowadays.

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT - In some places the definition of incest includes adoptive and step family. By the laws of my country, since they were raised as brothers, Thorki is incest.

Also, cousins marrying might not be seen as incest wherever you come from, but here, even though it is technically legal, people would judge you hard for it. Even if you were second or third cousins, if you wanted to stay together you'd probably have to move to some place where nobody knew of your relation.

[(Anonymous)]

where the fuck is "here"

what a dumb, assuming comment

[(Anonymous)]

Where I live, which is obviously not the same place as you.

I really don't see what's so dumb or assuming about pointing out that different places and societies have different views on issues such as incest. But you do you, I guess.

[(Anonymous)]

What a needlessly antagonistic comment you have. Why on earth would you be so angry about this?

[philstar22]

There are two types of incest, the biological kind and the "grew up together" kind. Both are incest. Thor and Loki grew up considering each other siblings. They were raised as siblings. That is incest.

[(Anonymous)]

It's not as clear cut as you would like to think. I did a bit of research on that because I was surprised that people considered adopted siblings having a sexual relationship as incest.

Turns out, that even if two men are biologically related and having a sexual relationship, for a very long time it didn't count as incest, because there was no vagina involved. It only counted as incest when there was the possibility for offspring.

And that's so not the weirdest definition I found, too.

[philstar22]

Well, then, all the more reason to tag if someone could consider it incest. There are a lot of possible definitions, and there is a possibility of someone being triggered by relationships that fall under any of the definitions. When in doubt, you should tag.

[tree_and_leaf]

It's not how I'd define it, but it still makes a certain amount of sense, because a lot of the anxiety about incest or quasi incest (particularly in a situation like this one, where they're cousins rather than siblings or parent/child or uncle/ nephew) and weren't raised together IS about the additional genetic risks to any offspring. It's a bit like how the definition of adultery in English law still involves penis-in-vagina intercourse, so cheating with someone of the same sex doesn't count as adultery for the purposes of the divorce courts.* Laws around sex were often framed by people who were most worried about children and being able to clearly establish whose they were.

* I mean, you could still get a divorce on grounds of unreasonable behaviour, so it doesn't make all that much difference in practice, but it's still weird.