A part of my romantic sense likes the general idea of "I already love you so much it changes nothing", because on the surface it sounds epic and sweeping. But even when I read this at 12 or 13, the critical thinking part of my brain couldn't leave it alone, because the lack of consent thing was always presented as such a huge, life-shattering issue with Confessing someone that there's no way you'd be so enamored you wouldn't notice. Even at twelve I'd figured out the difference between "I'm a metaphorical slave for your love, metaphorically" and actual, ya know, slavery.
Anyway, maybe the tv writers will work out some way to ease the brain-hurt of this and make it more palatable for viewers. But, who knows, the books were popular, so probably other people have a higher tolerance for this kind of thing than I do.
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A part of my romantic sense likes the general idea of "I already love you so much it changes nothing", because on the surface it sounds epic and sweeping. But even when I read this at 12 or 13, the critical thinking part of my brain couldn't leave it alone, because the lack of consent thing was always presented as such a huge, life-shattering issue with Confessing someone that there's no way you'd be so enamored you wouldn't notice. Even at twelve I'd figured out the difference between "I'm a metaphorical slave for your love, metaphorically" and actual, ya know, slavery.
Anyway, maybe the tv writers will work out some way to ease the brain-hurt of this and make it more palatable for viewers. But, who knows, the books were popular, so probably other people have a higher tolerance for this kind of thing than I do.