[ SECRET POST #2147 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2147 ⌋

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Comments

I know you're a troll but I'm responding anyway

[nyxelestia]

It's not really the books themselves that upset people, it's the impact they are having on people.

The relationship portrayed by Bella and Edward in the books is unhealthy in real life, and abusive. And the BDSM portrayed in 50 Shades is dangerous and borders on abusive, itself.

Now, if it really were just people enjoying these in a fictional context, no one would have a problem. The problem is too many people think that stalking and kidnapping is okay because Edward did it and Bella found it romantic. And the unhealthy relationship in 50 Shades is the last thing that needed to be added the toxic perception most people have of BDSM.

...and, of course, the impact such shitty writing becoming best sellers has had on the publishing industry as a whole, but that's a bit more subjective.

Re: I know you're a troll but I'm responding anyway

[(Anonymous)]

Actually, 50 shades *is* abuse. The guy flat out tells her that if they're together he gets to do what he wants to her, when he wants and she has to sign a contract that means she doesn't have the option of saying 'no', plus him not accepting 'I'm not interested' as an answer.

Re: I know you're a troll but I'm responding anyway

[(Anonymous)]

Even worse - she doesn't sign the contract and they do it all anyway.

She's supposed have the option of saying no. That's what a safeword is for. Of course, are safewords ever really explained? No. Are they ever used, for any reason? No, even though Ana thinks that she wants to a few times.

Fuck this book.

Re: I know you're a troll but I'm responding anyway

[nyxelestia]

Ah, yeah, that's even worse. I haven't actually read the whole thing (I honestly couldn't get past the first few pages of the writing), just summaries and analyses and some individual scenes from the book.

Re: I know you're a troll but I'm responding anyway

[riddian]

It's pretty horrible. Save yourself the trouble of reading it. I am and it's just awful.

There's a lot of creepy non-sexual crap in it as well, a lot of which bothers me more than the sex. He tracks her cell phone signal to know where she is at all times, shows up out of the blue at her place of work 100 miles away, and that's even before they become a couple. He later buys her a new car because he gets suddenly obsessed with the idea that her driving her old VW Bug is dangerous, and when she objects he dangles the promise of a relationship more like what she wants as a carrot in front of her to get her to accept it. He writes in an email, "Don't drive your Beetle. I'll know if you do." I had a pretty visceral FUCK YOU reaction to that part.

Re: I know you're a troll but I'm responding anyway

[nyxelestia]

"Don't drive your Beetle. I'll know if you do."

...o.O

Re: I know you're a troll but I'm responding anyway

[(Anonymous)]

Not to mention she does try to leave the relationship and he basically tracks her down and forces her back into it.

This guy who is a millionair and can basically buy off everyone and everything in her life.

:/

Re: I know you're a troll but I'm responding anyway

[riddian]

That was the creepiest part. I'm thinking he put a GPS tracker under the seat. I know if someone said that to me* I'd be taking it to a body shop and asking them to check it for bugs.

*with the exception of my parents, who own the vehicle that I drive when I'm home and generally are the only people who get to order me around like that

Re: I know you're a troll but I'm responding anyway

[(Anonymous)]

'50 Shades' IS abuse and quite dangerous, especially as a society 'fad'. This is already being reported on by mainstream news, as I'm sure all of you know. Seriosuly. Do. Not. Want.