I didn't get very far through your review of *that* series. I'd heard enough to know it was bad but didn't know how multiply and deeply bad it is.
Casting otherwise het bodice rippers etc with handsome young men only further normalises and romanticises abusive dynamics by disguising the gendered aspect of it and giving it a 'happy' ending. I'm not going to excuse that as kink or fantasy, not when it's aired on a major mainstream television network. The real world consequences of these tropes, whether in het or BL, are too severe for those trapped in abusive relationships.
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Date: 2024-06-26 11:12 am (UTC)Casting otherwise het bodice rippers etc with handsome young men only further normalises and romanticises abusive dynamics by disguising the gendered aspect of it and giving it a 'happy' ending. I'm not going to excuse that as kink or fantasy, not when it's aired on a major mainstream television network. The real world consequences of these tropes, whether in het or BL, are too severe for those trapped in abusive relationships.