[ SECRET POST #2257 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2257 ⌋

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



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[Jessica Alba]


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[porn... sort of. illustrated]


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13. [SPOILERS for A Song of Ice and Fire]



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14. [SPOILERS for Supernatural]



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15. [SPOILERS for Brave, Wreck-It Ralph]



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16. [SPOILERS for Persona 3]



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17. [WARNING for suicide, self harm]

[My Mad Fat Diary]


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[Far Cry 3]


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19. [WARNING for self harm and sexual abuse]



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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #322.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - ships it ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

So she should just shut up and take it because her problems aren't real? Is that what you're saying?

White, rich, straight, cis people can actually have problems too.

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(Different Anon)

I think there's a difference between complaining about your problems, and complaining about your privilege. Merida came across, to me, as the latter. (Your Mileage May Varry, of course.) It's like when "white, rich, straight, cis people" (just using your example here) complain about going to college "because they feel like they have to" and don't even consider that for many people, going to college is a privilege. This isn't a 1:1 example, of course... Merida never outright says, "I hate that I HAVE to be educated!" or anything like that, but the way that she stomps all over the castle and nicks food from the kitchen and makes a mess for the servants to clean up and then spends the entire afternoon enjoying a life of leisure at the beginning and says "This is a day where I get to be ME!" came across as complaining about her privilege, like she didn't even consider that the price of that wonderful afternoon was her beautiful castle, her horse, her education, etc...

Anyway, yes, Merida is allowed to complain about her problems, and yes, even royalty can have problems, but it seemed to me that Merida was, more often than not, complaining about being a princess.

[(Anonymous)]

Here's the thing - Merida is a teenager. In comparison to some teenagers, she's way less destructive than she could have been. Also way less rude. I saw her reactions as rebellious and short-sighted - something virtually every teenager is guilty of doing at SOME point. She started coming into her personality and finding a happy medium with her mother and her life at the end of the movie, as soon as she felt that she was being heard. Half the time, that's all older children or teenagers want - to feel validated, even if they don't get their way.

Merida's main complaint was that her life felt suffocating, with no possible choices that were palatable. Nearing the end of the movie, once she feels that her concerns have been addressed, she seems more open to figuring out a way to meld her wants with the life she already has.