[ SECRET POST #269 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #269 ⌋

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

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Notes:

1. The F!S Friending Meme! Go do it! I am totally open to friending. (:
2. Have some emopuppy in a fish tank!
3. BECAUSE I CAN: TAKE THIS POLL BUTTMUNCHERS FTW

Secrets Left to Post: 07 pages, 168 secrets from Secret Submission Post #039.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 ] broken link, 0 not!secrets, [ 1 2 ] not!fandom, [ 1 ] repeat.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

7, 14, 21, 37

[valonnia.livejournal.com]

7 Ok! I used to feel the same way about the Last Herald Mage Trilogy. When I was 12.

14 Unconventional shipping FTW!

21 If they aren't related by blood, it's not incest; it's your issue. Why not just avoid fics where they're paired up?

37 Part of me wonders how anyone could make it worse than canon... (Don't kill me, I love the series, but you have to admit it's pure crack on a very confused and/or forgetful cracker.)

Re: 21

[crackjaw.livejournal.com]

Well, not incest technically. Emotionally it may as well be, though.

Re: 21

[valonnia.livejournal.com]

I haven't played the game, so I have no idea who they are. If they were raised together and considered each other to be siblings, then I can see issues.

Re: 21

[crackjaw.livejournal.com]

They are, it's established in the game that they are. Franziska calls Edgeworth her younger brother (despite him actually being older, I don't know, she's weird).

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[(Anonymous)]

One of my good friends was adopted from Colombia when he was an infant; his parents (they're sterile) have also adopted children from Korea, Japan, and Somalia. He, his sister, and two brothers are all from different countries and different biological parents. They're certainly not related by blood.

But if you tried to tell him to his face that he and his sister/brothers aren't family; that they aren't siblings? I'm not sure if he'd punch you or just laugh in your face.

Re: 21

[valonnia.livejournal.com]

*sighs* Where did I say anything about family? The OP said incest. By definition, incest is when two or more people related by blood...you know what? I don't care. See my reply above.

Re: 21

[zuppi.livejournal.com]

By definition, incest is when two or more people related by blood...

Ok, I'm not familiar with the fandom either (and not a fan of the 'lose respect' aspect of that secret) but personally, I find it incredibly insulting that you cannot see how incest between adopted siblings is pretty much the same as incest between biological siblings. Most people's objections to incest are due to psychological implications and the dangers of inbreeding.

My brother is my brother. The fact that he was born to another mother does not change that. I forget that he is adopted. My mother forgets that she did not give birth to him.

The OPs issue appears to be with the relationship between the two characters, not any possible offspring. The secret addresses the psychological issues with incest.

Re: 21

[(Anonymous)]

Pretty much, yeah. Emotional incest, not biological incest.

-21 OP

Re: 21

[valonnia.livejournal.com]

Once more, with feeling: When I replied to the secret, I did not know the couple referenced were supposedly raised as siblings. When this was pointed out, I allowed as to how yes, that would change things.

I do not think you should have sex with your brother. Ever. Really and truly. Sincerely and with every fiber of my being.

Re: 21

[zuppi.livejournal.com]

By definition, incest is when two or more people related by blood...you know what? I don't care. See my reply above.

So...?

From that post, it would be reasonable to assume you, personally, do not view adopted sibling incest as 'real' incest. I was addressing that misconception.

Re: 7, 14, 21, 37

[zuppi.livejournal.com]

If they aren't related by blood, it's not incest; it's your issue.

Eh... I think you could have phrased that slightly better. My brother is adopted and... *shudders* no... ew.

Re: 7, 14, 21, 37

[valonnia.livejournal.com]

Probably. Like I said above, I don't know the characters.