#JUST KEEP THE ABUSIVE EX IN TBE BACKSTORY

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i swear to god if they have maia forgive her (abusive) ex and go back to him to make way for simon/izzy i’m going to come to cassie clare’s house and [PERSONAL THREAT REDACTED]

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Not adding to previous post bc yeag but I hate when books save their weird bullshit until near the end. Like w fanfic its upsetting bc it's upsetting but with books theres the knowledge that multiple ppl had to go "yeah this is fine. No changes necessary"

Under a read more bc I complain in actual details abt an incest scene, inaccurate and harmful depiction of DID, and shitty treatment of an SA victim + Biphobia by the narrative

Like I read an interesting mystery book and then it had a flashback to a scene that was two young(I forget exactly how old) twins touching eachother sexually and it was like one of them saying "it's okay bc were the same person" and to be clear i don't think it was meant to be seen as abusive or assault but rather an example of how deep their bond was???

Also a sci Fi book w a woman who's like... entire crew died or something? And they became her alters? And it's implied she got DID from said crew dying? Or she killed them bc of her DID? And also I say she had DID because the book NAMEDROPS DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER WHILE HAVING MISINFORMATION ABOUT HOW IT IS DEVELOPED AND PERPETUATING ABLEIST STEREOTYPES ABOUT IT. like that's an extra slap in the face (and she slices one of the MC's arms to show that the 2 MCs are being fucking carbon monoxide poisoned. And then the MCs leave a random different minor antagonist with her like "that'll teach him" WHAT. GO TO HELL

Then there's the other mystery book where theres like two or three MCs I forget but it's like a college girl named Talulah and a woman who's new to the town idk if the Talulahs mom is an MC or just a major character and Talulah gets into a relationship w a bi girl and Talulahs abusive ex comes in and her gf kills him and her mom drugs them both and hides the body and keeps Talulah captive and thats like tbe big mystery whicj is eh but also TGF (talulahs GF) before the murder tells her she was raped by a teacher and hasnt been able to open up about that. And also later on she cheats on talulah with her ex boyfriend because you know biphobia. Like I think talulah (who is presented as correct) is like "I can't trust u bc ur not committed" and idk if she explicitly mentions the bisexuality but it's pretty obvious she's referring to the bisexuality bc like at the begining Talulahs like idk if I can get into a relationship w someone who isn't committed to me and like. AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH. Anyway I don't think it's evil to have an SA victim be not great in the story but I feel like in this case it's just an extra part of her backstory that isn't well handled and adds fucking nothing to the story and has nothing interesting to say about how SA affects ppl bc it's like. Well it's there maybe to contrast with Talulahs ex? Who fucking knows not me and I read the damn book I guess!!!!!