mothwing: "I can't be having with this" next to the grim looking face of Granny Weatherwax (Granny)
Mothwing ([personal profile] mothwing) wrote2010-06-01 07:01 pm
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IDK, maybe this is hard? Someone tell me.

OK, maybe this is harder than I thought and not as much a matter of common sense.

Let's imagine you are having a fight with someone and they suddenly really, really do not want to have a conversation with you that moment. Now imagine they are walking away from you.

At this point, how do you react?

- physically pull them back towards you and keep them there.
- let them go away and try again later.

From the position of the person trying to get away, what do you think is the preferrable option?

EDIT: are there any circumstances that make this believable behaviour that you'd be comfortable with and wouldn't make you go "wtf was that", as long as we're still talking to characters who are equals?

I can't believe that this is something that's an issue with adult film makers when filming scenes in which two non-abusive heterosexual adults who are in a relationship are having a heated discussion.

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[identity profile] mothwing.livejournal.com 2010-06-01 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
In the movie, it entices her to kiss him a couple of scenes later. This is not a movie from the fifties, either, and apparently she's wicked impressed at that point and even plays along with his bullshit for a while. Even though, you know, the fact that she's a very independent person and knows what she wants and that she's prone to physical violence herself when provoked make it jarringly unlikely that she'd put up with that.