[ SECRET POST #1986 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1986 ⌋

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

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Notes:

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Comments

Re: WARNING: SPOILERS

[starphotographs]

I don't recall that part being mentioned in the movie, no. :\

STDs weren't even mentioned in the book, come to think of it! I just always assumed it wasn't an issue since they were such an isolated community.

And of course, they weren't allowed to EVER SMOKE EVER OMG. :P

Re: WARNING: SPOILERS

[(Anonymous)]

I was actually kind of bothered to see Kathy portrayed as not sexually active in the movie. Like, the only person we see have sex is Ruth, and she's a bad mean girl. I get that they had to crop things out, but I really didn't like that it ended up painting Kathy as waiting for Tommy like a good girl should.

Re:STDs - in the book they were only brought up in relation to having sex with outsiders after the children left. I figured that it wouldn't matter inside the closed up community of the school, because the students were constantly subjected to all sorts of medical checks, so any STDs would be weeded out.

Re: WARNING: SPOILERS

[starphotographs]

Yeah, that did sort of annoy me. :/ It really took a layer of depth and conflict out of her character, I think. I liked how it was shown as something she worried about, but then later in the book, another character (I'm pretty sure it was Tommy) reassured her that they were all like that and she was okay. And I think they might have made Ruth meaner in the movie, when it seemed like, in the book, she was just someone who didn't always have her priorities straight and could be unintentionally callous in ways.

...And yeah, I remember that now! I wasn't sure if it was brought up in the book or not. So thanks, Anon!

Re: WARNING: SPOILERS

[(Anonymous)]

Agree about Ruth. It's been a while since I read the book but I watched the movie recently and felt that they were portraying her as "bad", when one of the things I liked about the book was that she was sympathetic, though flawed.