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fandomsecrets2012-12-21 06:44 pm
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[ SECRET POST #2180 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2180 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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[Fraiser]
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[Homestuck]
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[Kili/The Hobbit]
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09. [SPOILERS for the Walking Dead]
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10. [SPOILERS for How I Met Your Mother]
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11. [SPOILERS for Rise of the Guardians]
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12. [WARNING for abuse]
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13. [WARNING for rape, noncon]
[American Horror Story Asylum]
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[MLP: FiM]
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15. [WARNING for rape]
[Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen]
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16. [WARNING for suicide]
[Doctor Who]
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17. [WARNING for rape]
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18. [WARNING for IRL murder/shootings]
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OP
(Anonymous) 2012-12-22 01:17 am (UTC)(link)I've met a lot of people who see it in the "omg he's so heartbroken and destroyed over them breaking up isn't that romantic?" sense and others who mostly listen to the tune without the lyrics and get that it's deeply emotional but not that it's not fucked up. I personally think it's glaringly obvious too, but I've met people who disagreed.
Also, I've seen it used in movies so much where it seems like it's totally NOT the song you wanted for that moment (the bad idea but consensual sex in Watchman, ANYTHING in Shrek) that I've come under the impression that a lot of people don't think of the song that way at all. They're blinded by the prettiness of the voice and tune :\
Re: OP
(Anonymous) 2012-12-22 02:37 am (UTC)(link)Re: OP
(Anonymous) 2012-12-22 05:04 am (UTC)(link)It is so fucked up and sad that because it's a beautiful song, people completely space out on how insanely fucked up and awful it is. Much like "Every Breath You Take" by the Police, which Sting himself has confirmed was supposed to be an oh-no-bad-touch song, but is one of the top 80's wedding songs. So screwed up.
Re: OP
(Anonymous) 2012-12-22 07:03 am (UTC)(link)No, not necessarily. I don't think that's an invalid interpretation, but that isn't the definite meaning. Cohen himself said that there were many valid interpretations to the song and just about every person who covered it gave it their own spin. If the song is about rape to you, then that's fine but don't shove that on everyone else and expect them to interpret it the same way.