[ SECRET POST #2376 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2376 ⌋

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

01.
[Lost Eden]


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02.
[Gerard Way/The Crow]


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03.
[Salad Fingers, Predator, Phantom of the Opera, Friday the 13th, Mortal Kombat, Mass Effect, Jonah Hex, Game of Thrones]


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04.
[Mikey Way on Aquabats]


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05.
[youtube/chaoticmonki]


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06.
[Orphan Black]


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07.
[Gin Wigmore]


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08.
[Man of Steel]


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09.
[Scandal]


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10.
[Measha Brueggergosman]


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11.
[Mass Effect]


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12.
[Defiance]


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13.
[Return of the Living Dead]


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14.
[Welcome to Night Vale]


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15. [SPOILERS for Warehouse 13]



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16. [SPOILERS for Monsters University]



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17. [WARNING for self-harm]



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18. [WARNING for abuse]



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19. [WARNING for rape, I'm assuming]



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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #339.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

What do you consider qualifies as emotional abuse in fiction?

[(Anonymous)]

Because the standards in fiction, especially in comedies and sci-fi/fantasy, are a lot more blurry than real life. So what kind of stuff crosses the line in your opinion?

Re: What do you consider qualifies as emotional abuse in fiction?

[(Anonymous)]

Only when it is deliberate and someone cries. It has to be both. In fiction.

Re: What do you consider qualifies as emotional abuse in fiction?

[lieu]

I don't know about the gold standard, but anything that comes off as emotional gaslighting -- a character continually insisting that another character is imagining things, or isn't "allowed"/"shouldn't" feel certain emotions which, to the reader, are natural or justified -- tips me off, especially if it's clearly intentional on the part of the abuser or a pattern in their relationship. Otherwise, just general manipulative behaviour or bullying.

Re: What do you consider qualifies as emotional abuse in fiction?

[intrigueing]

Either a) intentional manipulation that actually works or b) creating a persistent (i.e., not because someone is in a particularly bad mood for a specific reason for a short time) situation where the victim lives in a state of fear and uncertainty where they feel the need to avoid making the abuser mad to be safe.

These are just the "yes, absolutely abuse" parts. Like, some situations can still be abusive even if they don't qualify for a) or b), but any situation that qualifies for a) or b) is abusive, IMO.

Re: What do you consider qualifies as emotional abuse in fiction?

[sockitgood]

This, though I'd add that the abuser persistently goes out of their way to make the victim feel like crap/destroy their mood/confidence/whatever.

Re: What do you consider qualifies as emotional abuse in fiction?

[tigermoth01]

I agree with this, and with the reply above, and I'd also add that the abuser goes out of their way to make the victim feel powerless.

Re: What do you consider qualifies as emotional abuse in fiction?

[(Anonymous)]

If it turns me on then it counts.

Re: What do you consider qualifies as emotional abuse in fiction?

[(Anonymous)]

look I know it's F(&%#$-up-Friday, but D-: wow man