I was nodding along seriously, but that swiper part took me OUT
Actually, I just read a comment, I dunno maybe in this comment section or in some other work’s, but anyway, it was something like it’s not the MC’s fault he went alone to meet his abuser, that it was understandable because he needed closure and he needed to stand up for himself against his abuser. All I can say is… Bull! Shit! Going to meet an abuser alone just to mouth off at him all the while believing he’d just sit there and take it is not standing up for yourself. It’s just dressing up in wool to feed the wolf monster. And to that, I say, farewell, au revoir, adieu, and here’s to hoping you grow at least half a brain in your next life. Standing up for yourself and acquiring closure is admitting to yourself something bad happened to you and that it was that someone who did it so you have to make them pay by putting them behind bars or at the very least, calling on other people to beat the shit out of him/her together if you can’t do it alone. No, at the very least, don’t go alone, be prepared to have people at your back, physically or not, don’t be afraid to let them know you had something bad done to you by this person and it was not out of something beautiful like love but just pure evil, so even if you believe you’re strong enough, you should not believe the abuser won’t do something to you anymore. Learn to trust yourself and others and learn to trust the bad people to always be bad. Where do these stupid MCs even get the confidence that someone who abused them before won’t do it again just because they learn to speak up? Plot armor, I guess.
It never fails to astound me how these MCs keep wanting to meet their r*pists again, and unless someone else insists to come along, they’d even do it alone. Sometimes, I wonder if some part of them is actually just asking for it. I know, I’m sorry. I just don’t understand this logic, this mindset. Do they really think they’re dealing with someone like Swiper who can be persuaded as long as you tell him to go away enough times?