It’s also a “milestone” in everyones lives that most people have in common. Not as many people have gone to college and colleges can vary more. So I think they believe it to be relatable. Personally I wish movies were more focused on 25-30 age group, because I feel uncomfortable with how many movies and shows focus around romance/ people getting together or just outright hooking up, and as much as I want to engage in a movie and celebrate character/plot growth cheering on someone kissing a minor isn’t for me.
Like I understand people say “it’s a fantasy world” but Khaleesi was 13 in the first Games of Thrones book. Celebrating her growing a meaningful connection to a man who abducted and raped her is just… Yeah
Like I understand people say “it’s a fantasy world” but Khaleesi was 13 in the first Games of Thrones book. Celebrating her growing a meaningful connection to a man who abducted and raped her is just… Yeah
True, but if you think about it, a lot of GoT is just edge-bait. While it’s awful they’re normalizing that, it’s also not that strange from considering everything else in the series
Indeed, one of the reasons Love Lies Bleeding is my favourite movie is because it’s a romance between two people who are actually grown up (if not mature), they aren’t star-crossed lovers, and they both already know what they like in bed
Brother, no. Please stop apologizing for pedophilia. It was wrong then and it’s wrong now to sexualize minors, even if it was socially acceptable. Also the “then” were referring to is most generously applied to like 800AD or something, but it didn’t exist. And this whole comment you’re replying to is about disliking fictional shows about romance. It’s okay to find fictional romance with minors a line you won’t cross, because it’s entertainment and doesn’t matter, only watch what you like. It doesn’t make you better for liking things that are “more realistic” because it glamorizes pedophilia of an analogous real culture.
It’s also a “milestone” in everyones lives that most people have in common. Not as many people have gone to college and colleges can vary more. So I think they believe it to be relatable. Personally I wish movies were more focused on 25-30 age group, because I feel uncomfortable with how many movies and shows focus around romance/ people getting together or just outright hooking up, and as much as I want to engage in a movie and celebrate character/plot growth cheering on someone kissing a minor isn’t for me.
Like I understand people say “it’s a fantasy world” but Khaleesi was 13 in the first Games of Thrones book. Celebrating her growing a meaningful connection to a man who abducted and raped her is just… Yeah
True, but if you think about it, a lot of GoT is just edge-bait. While it’s awful they’re normalizing that, it’s also not that strange from considering everything else in the series
Indeed, one of the reasons Love Lies Bleeding is my favourite movie is because it’s a romance between two people who are actually grown up (if not mature), they aren’t star-crossed lovers, and they both already know what they like in bed
that’s how life was in those cultures. it still is in afganistan and other undeveloped peoples where brides are married off at 12.
the concept of adulthood being 18 or later is modern teenagerhood only really existed as a concept post ww2.
What are “those cultures”? Because the person you replied to only mentioned GoT and that’s not a real culture.
nomadic horse peoples. They existed, and they still do in Mongolia, Afganistan, and other remote inland areas with steppe geographies.
The rural tribes in Afganistan are full of trading in children as sex objects to secure political deals and favors.
Brother, no. Please stop apologizing for pedophilia. It was wrong then and it’s wrong now to sexualize minors, even if it was socially acceptable. Also the “then” were referring to is most generously applied to like 800AD or something, but it didn’t exist. And this whole comment you’re replying to is about disliking fictional shows about romance. It’s okay to find fictional romance with minors a line you won’t cross, because it’s entertainment and doesn’t matter, only watch what you like. It doesn’t make you better for liking things that are “more realistic” because it glamorizes pedophilia of an analogous real culture.
It doesn’t read as pedophilia apologia to me, and more like a statement that it is unfortunately still done in some cultures on Earth
dumb people think if you acknowledge that something exists, you support it.
Sure, still gross.
How dare people write fiction with icky things in it.
it’s ok. the dothraki would have not raped you, just cut off your head because you’re weak and can’t ride a horse.