Statistically, I call creepy. On a case by case basis -- I can't. Sometimes it is, sometimes it's as viable a relationship as between two thirty year olds.
Kaylee: Is that him? Mal: That's the buffet table. Kaylee: Well how can we be sure, unless we question it?
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§ ita § - Feb 09, 2005 6:32:51 am PST #5682 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Vonnie K - Feb 09, 2005 6:36:26 am PST #5683 of 10000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
New episode! Lalala! New episode!
Do we know whose story this is supposed to be?
Am ignoring the disturbing Naveen talk, 'cause when you switch the gender around and it's a 16 year old girl and some skeevy male teacher? Mucho squicksome.
§ ita § - Feb 09, 2005 6:38:00 am PST #5684 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What if the male teacher isn't skeevy?
beathen - Feb 09, 2005 6:39:02 am PST #5685 of 10000
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
Do we know whose story this is supposed to be?
This link give a brief synopsis and tells whose ep it is: [link]
Kathy A - Feb 09, 2005 6:39:31 am PST #5686 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Vonnie, I've heard it's another Charlie story .
Kate P. - Feb 09, 2005 6:39:42 am PST #5687 of 10000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Statistically, I call creepy. On a case by case basis -- I can't. Sometimes it is, sometimes it's as viable a relationship as between two thirty year olds.
Yeah, this.
Do we know whose backstory we get tonight?
edit: xposty
Lyra Jane - Feb 09, 2005 6:43:40 am PST #5688 of 10000
Up with the sun
Statistically, I call creepy. On a case by case basis -- I can't. Sometimes it is, sometimes it's as viable a relationship as between two thirty year olds.
Agreed. The squick I get, at least when we're talking about a 16 or 17-year-old, is less about the age difference and more about the fact the teacher is in a position of authority. I don't think it's usually a great idea for teenagers to date grown-ups, but people and situations vaery way too much for any general rule to make sense.
Vonnie K - Feb 09, 2005 6:47:24 am PST #5689 of 10000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
What if the male teacher isn't skeevy?
I would call the situation itself skeevy, regardless of what the teacher is like, because there's major imbalance in power in a teacher/student relationship, and I can't imagine it being sexualized without at least some amount of exploitation. If it were an emancipated 16 year-old and an older dude she met in a coffee shop, then I wouldn't have much issue with that.
Thanks, Kathy & beathen!
Scrappy - Feb 09, 2005 6:49:35 am PST #5690 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Case-by-case works for me. One of my best friends in High School moved in with his teacher at 16 and they were together 7 years and are friends to this day. He has been happily married for almost 20 years to someone his own age, so go figure. One of Jason's friends is a couple who met when she was in high school and she was her teacher and married after she graduated. They were on "Newlywed Game" at one point, actually. They have been married for 25 years and seem very contented.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 09, 2005 6:59:11 am PST #5691 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
One of Jason's friends is a couple who met when she was in high school and she was her teacher and married after she graduated. They were on "Newlywed Game" at one point, actually. They have been married for 25 years and seem very contented.
Now that's what I call ahead of its time. I didn't realize the "Newlywed Game" was quite that liberal, though. :)