3 years ago

@funkybuff27 She doesn't become increasingly horny for him while she is a child, it is only when she becomes a teenager and that is because he is a good looking guy. You can't honestly claim that if the roles were reversed, we wouldn't see the same thing occur. Also, he never has sex with her when she is a child. The reason why he is drawn to her past is because his powers are most likely tied to his subconscious, which would think mostly about the people who are close to him.<br /> <br /> Also, it's not the older version of him that is having a romance with the kid version of her, because they don't kiss and they don't have sex.

3 years ago

@olilaz don't know what you mean. It would just as creepy and manipulative if the roles were reversed. A 40 year old woman going back in time naked to meet the 6 year old version of her current(?) husband. It's okay though, they're just spending time together while his entire libido forms around her(as the show states).<br /> <br /> &gt; You can't honestly claim that if the roles were reversed, we wouldn't see the same thing occur.<br /> <br /> Is it realistic to show a teenage girl being convinced by an older gent that she can get into a relationship with him? Probably. As is evidenced by plenty of the real life counterparts from both genders, the victims are often made to believe that they're just more mature than the others, something most if not all of us were desperate to prove to ourselves when we were overflowing with hormones in our teens. But you can't possibly call that shit romantic would you? Most would just call it predatory.<br /> <br /> And about the never has sex with her thing, I was being farcical I admit, but the latest episode dropped *that* bombshell and gave us the finger. Don't tell me you're gonna say its okay because she just turned 18. Fresh as they come amirite.<br /> <br /> Sorry I took so long to reply. I only realised you commented because I got an email.

3 years ago

@funkybuff27 just standard recipe. Step by step keep showing something that is unacceptable. Every step stop making excuses a little more, to the point to finaly normalize it and get accepted by the crowed. In The Netherlands the pedophiles are the victims of a desease they can't do anything about it. They get police protection from anyone who wants to harm them.<br /> Yet all privacy infringing laws are to catch pedophiles and terrorists.

2 years ago

"this whole thing just seems like a pedophile fantasy. Feels pretty gross" - Man who watched the whole show

8 months ago

I understand why you feel this way, but if you read the book you’d have an entirely different understanding. It’s a romantic tragedy of epic proportions. The book cleverly deals with the paradox of time travel, and the romance side of things makes sense in that Henry meets Claire for the first time when he is an adult - she meets him when she’s a child but that ties in to the reason he time travels. The book is spectacular. This adaptation was only so-so.