YES. That was horrifying, and nearly made me stop reading because I feared that dynamic was going to not only keep going but escalate, thankfully it didn't explicitly escalate. But even wanting to stop reading was a complement to NKJ, because it was like... here is a horrifyingly abusive situation presented as a horrifyingly abusive situation. And I'm not sure I should be giving out cookies for that, but given Uprooted... yeah. Yeah we apparently need to.
ETA: ALSO a tiny thing but So Important -- before that she's attracted to him. He's safety and comfort and she's starting to be attracted to him. And then he does the hand thing and NOPE she never trusts him again. See above 'not sure I should be giving cookies And Yet, still worryingly cookie worthy' *mentally adds point to the + comment*
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Date: 2016-07-17 03:41 pm (UTC)YES. That was horrifying, and nearly made me stop reading because I feared that dynamic was going to not only keep going but escalate, thankfully it didn't explicitly escalate. But even wanting to stop reading was a complement to NKJ, because it was like... here is a horrifyingly abusive situation presented as a horrifyingly abusive situation. And I'm not sure I should be giving out cookies for that, but given Uprooted... yeah. Yeah we apparently need to.
ETA: ALSO a tiny thing but So Important -- before that she's attracted to him. He's safety and comfort and she's starting to be attracted to him. And then he does the hand thing and NOPE she never trusts him again. See above 'not sure I should be giving cookies And Yet, still worryingly cookie worthy'
*mentally adds point to the + comment*