Dear fanfic writer,
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mcityOur boy specifically thinks he does not want to marry women X and Y, while he is sneaking into a quick wedding with woman Z.
X and Y were willing to share, since the planet allows polygamy, but he did not want to be shared, since he felt that for all their good company in the bedroom, either or both would be the domineering type of woman his mother is before long, and more than he could bear. He has been dodging their offer of marriage for two years.
And Z is the girl next door type, and he both loves her and wants to help out her dad.
Due to a series of circumstances, X and Y show up, and our hero is forced by social and political pressure--from two Emperors, no less--to marry all three women. Z seemed to have no problem with it, but absolutely no one saw fit to consult our boy, even while they were negotiating right in front of him.
So he walks in expecting to marry one woman (whom he loves), and ends up marrying three women, two of whom he explicitly did not want to marry.
I know he's the whipping boy of the canon, but that's Not Okay.
And to think, this fanfic series was going so well up until now, then you just ran full tilt into what TVTropes calls Unfortunate Implications.
Do you know why people like the Wooster books? Because we know Wodehouse is never going to let Bertie end up in a loveless marriage. If he ever did end up getting hitched, we would be reading less along the lines of a light-hearted comedy of manners, and more along the lines of those critically-acclaimed Oscar-nominated movies where everyone is miserable but played by really good actors.
Hang on, I think I'm onto something here. All I have to do is call it a "deconstruction".
Srsly?
-Jonathan
X and Y were willing to share, since the planet allows polygamy, but he did not want to be shared, since he felt that for all their good company in the bedroom, either or both would be the domineering type of woman his mother is before long, and more than he could bear. He has been dodging their offer of marriage for two years.
And Z is the girl next door type, and he both loves her and wants to help out her dad.
Due to a series of circumstances, X and Y show up, and our hero is forced by social and political pressure--from two Emperors, no less--to marry all three women. Z seemed to have no problem with it, but absolutely no one saw fit to consult our boy, even while they were negotiating right in front of him.
So he walks in expecting to marry one woman (whom he loves), and ends up marrying three women, two of whom he explicitly did not want to marry.
I know he's the whipping boy of the canon, but that's Not Okay.
And to think, this fanfic series was going so well up until now, then you just ran full tilt into what TVTropes calls Unfortunate Implications.
Do you know why people like the Wooster books? Because we know Wodehouse is never going to let Bertie end up in a loveless marriage. If he ever did end up getting hitched, we would be reading less along the lines of a light-hearted comedy of manners, and more along the lines of those critically-acclaimed Oscar-nominated movies where everyone is miserable but played by really good actors.
Hang on, I think I'm onto something here. All I have to do is call it a "deconstruction".
Srsly?
-Jonathan
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Date: 2012-02-22 03:20 am (UTC)Ah, so that's where Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy fits on the spectrum.
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Date: 2012-02-22 10:28 am (UTC)Strictly speaking, I should've named some sort of Black Comedy, like *checks* IDK, Dr. Strangelove or something. Or Fight Club, as TVTropes tells me.
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Date: 2012-02-22 01:01 pm (UTC)To be honest, I just saw the movie (TTSS, that is) and that seemed like a perfect summation of it. Everyone is miserable in that film, it's probably the most depressing thing I'll see all year unless the rumours turn out to be true and Amy has some kind of tragic end after all the shit she's been through the last two years.
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Date: 2012-02-22 02:11 pm (UTC)Amy?
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Date: 2012-02-22 02:27 pm (UTC)Oh, Amy from Doctor Who.