--- Betty Ragan bragan@aoc.nrao.edu wrote:
It seems to me, though, that a major part of
the problem here is that it would never have occured to me that someone would have regarded a post about "Suffering Beautifully" as *being* an adult topic. Annoyingly character junkie-istic, yes. Morally offensive, no. "Beautiful Suffering" does not equal "sadomasochism"!
OK, I promised myself I'd stop responding, but I feel I should clarify my position, which I'll try to do as neutrally as I can, and apologies in advance if I upset you by this, Betty.
My understanding of the concept of "Suffering Beautifully" was that a character is physically or emotionally hurt, and that this pain makes him more attractive in the eyes of the reader and/or writer. Which seems to me have a sadistic twist to it, even if there's not actual S/M sex.
Wendy
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