I don't think so.
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sumi - Aug 02, 2011 9:39:50 am PDT #15879 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2011 9:50:36 am PDT #15880 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
She didn't know, but I think that just makes her not a perpetrator. He's still a victim.
Scrappy - Aug 02, 2011 9:53:02 am PDT #15881 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
No, she never knew. And the having sex part pings me less than the "Not telling his parents and them thinking he was kidnapped for a month". Of course, the age-change-magic-handwavium part is such a huge leap and ithe entire film takes place in such a candy-colored universe that I kind of go along with the flow.
Volans - Aug 02, 2011 9:53:03 am PDT #15882 of 30000
move out and draw fire
I think she is a victim also...she's not having sex with who she thinks she is.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2011 10:01:54 am PDT #15883 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
No, ma'am. Your son wasn't kidnapped. He was off living by himself and having sex with a 30 year old woman. No worries!
I so didn't get that film.
Amy - Aug 02, 2011 10:07:46 am PDT #15884 of 30000
Because books.
It's totally a child's fantasy, which I get, but once the sex was part of it, I was squicked, even at the time.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2011 10:48:01 am PDT #15885 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wonder if it wasn't a grow up's vision of a child's fantasy. Are boys that young seriously and practically interested in sex?
I am a little hypocritical asking that, because I certainly was, but I don't think I would have engaged if suddenly given the option. I just liked the stories and pictures.
Amy - Aug 02, 2011 10:54:00 am PDT #15886 of 30000
Because books.
Oh, I meant the movie as a whole -- living a grownup life, doing things grownups could do, all of that, but not specifically sex.
I don't think I would have engaged if suddenly given the option. I just liked the stories and pictures.
This.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2011 10:55:52 am PDT #15887 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But I wonder if it was grown men putting themselves in boys' shoes for the execution of the fantasy, as opposed to polling kids themselves. Some kids might ask for more of an extension of irresponsibility.
Amy - Aug 02, 2011 10:59:23 am PDT #15888 of 30000
Because books.
Well, some of it was clearly 13-year-old by stuff -- eating all the junk food, that kind of thing. But some of it was probably filtered through an adult's memory, too.
And there was a lot of lesson-teaching, which I hated.