(nods) If it helps, I’m appalled by many of the characters in this series.
It was extremely distracting at first, but by now I’ve more or less become accustomed to the “Well, yes, (s)he’s a serial killer, which is, you know, tacky, but what are you gonna do?” cultural norm. It’s amazing what you can get used to, really.
the-guy-to-whom-she-is-mate,
“Stalker” might be a good shorthand term for this.
Though, admittedly, a culture that assumes that of course you will live with your stalker and let them hug you and pet you and call you George has a… well, a different understanding of the concept than I do. (Ref “appalled,” above.)
I don’t care about spoilers, and I try not to think too much about the details of Allirea’s history with whatsisname. I’d be disgusted if I hadn’t (as above) more or less turned that filter off when reading this fic.
I cannot actually decide whether the matter-of-fact acceptance of serial murder is more or less disturbing to me than the matter-of-fact acceptance of forced prostitution. I suppose the fact that the latter is mostly restricted to the official Bad Guys (TM) helps a little.
(nods) If it helps, I’m appalled by many of the characters in this series.
It was extremely distracting at first, but by now I’ve more or less become accustomed to the “Well, yes, (s)he’s a serial killer, which is, you know, tacky, but what are you gonna do?” cultural norm. It’s amazing what you can get used to, really.
“Stalker” might be a good shorthand term for this.
Though, admittedly, a culture that assumes that of course you will live with your stalker and let them hug you and pet you and call you George has a… well, a different understanding of the concept than I do. (Ref “appalled,” above.)
*giggle*
I hope it’s not too much of a spoiler to say that Allirea’s dislike of nicknames is… relevant.
I don’t care about spoilers, and I try not to think too much about the details of Allirea’s history with whatsisname. I’d be disgusted if I hadn’t (as above) more or less turned that filter off when reading this fic.
I cannot actually decide whether the matter-of-fact acceptance of serial murder is more or less disturbing to me than the matter-of-fact acceptance of forced prostitution. I suppose the fact that the latter is mostly restricted to the official Bad Guys (TM) helps a little.
These really are awful people.