Gaston vs Jack Hyde: Monsters, mirrors and mercy
Jack’s eyes flash the darkest blue, and he sneers as he casts a leering look down my body. Fear chokes […]
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Redemption and Fifty ShadesIn the arts
Their Highnesses vs the Greys: Dreams and egos in the ballroom
He strolls towards me until he’s standing in front of me. “What did you buy?” he whispers, and I know
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Redemption and Fifty ShadesBeast vs Christian: Control or change? Fixation or surrender?
Who would have thought? I grin widely, the word progress running around my brain as I drift. — Fifty Shades
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Redemption and Fifty ShadesBeast vs Christian: Wealthy givers of gifts and affection
“I would build this for you,” he whispers. “Just to see the way the light burnishes you hair, right here,
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Redemption and Fifty ShadesBeast vs Christian: Shame, humiliation, judgement, knowledge.
“Hell, Ana, I just showed you . . .” he groans. “May God forgive me. Have you ever been kissed,
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Redemption and Fifty ShadesBeast vs Christian: Rescuer, stalker, or masculinity-in-action?
“Anastasia, are you okay? You sound strange.” “I’m not the strange one, you are.” There—that told him, my courage fuelled
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Redemption and Fifty ShadesThe Suffering Servant vs Ana: Choice, commitment and consent (part 4)
He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the
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Redemption and Fifty ShadesGollum vs Christian: Choice, commitment and consent (part 3)
“He has a point, Christian. You’re very wealthy, and I’m bringing nothing to our marriage but my student loans.” Christian
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Redemption and Fifty ShadesBiedermann vs Christian: Choice, commitment and consent (part 2)
Jeez, I’m a quivering, mess, and he hasn’t even touched me. I squirm in my seat and meet his dark
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Redemption and Fifty ShadesRedemption vs Romance: Choice, commitment and consent (part 1)
We’re coming near to the end of the bridge, and the road is once more bathed in the neon light
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Redemption and Fifty ShadesBeast vs Christian Grey: The dark art of grooming
This Valentine’s DayForget the pastAnd slip into somethingA shade darker— Fifty Shades Darker – Official Trailer 1 (Universal Pictures) I’m
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Redemption and Fifty ShadesMaurice vs Ana: Motivated by age, naiveté or love?
Why am I even thinking about this? — Fifty Shades of Grey, p165 This is a mini-ish post in my series
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Redemption and Fifty ShadesBelle vs Ana: Privilege of position and identity
I scowl with frustration at myself in the mirror. Damn my hair—it just won’t behave, and damn Katherine Kavanagh for
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Redemption and Fifty ShadesBelle vs Ana: Two embodiments of redeeming virtue?
“You are exquisite, honest, warm, strong, witty, beguilingly innocent; the list is endless. I’m in awe of you.” — Christian,
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Redemption and Fifty ShadesBeast vs Christian: The Curse of plot-serving entitlement
“I don’t have nightmares when you’re with me.”— Christian, Fifty Shades Darker, p234 Living in a state of death Redemption
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Redemption and Fifty ShadesBeast vs Christian: The Fall that brings guilt and shame
“You’re a good man, Christian, a really good man. Don’t ever doubt that.”— Ana, Fifty Shades Darker, p195 The moment
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Redemption and Fifty ShadesRedemption is beautiful love, not beastly suffering
“I think the reason why you love Beauty and the Beast so much is because it has such a strong
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Redemption and Fifty Shades
Year of Hell, Remember Nothing, & The Wish: lessons on hope
Only hope that is robust enough to engage with the reality of death is worthy of the name. [1] I’ve
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Hope in the arts, Sunlight, The Bible and hope
Love vs Abuse: a drama sketch about Boaz and Ruth, Joseph and Potiphar’s wife
(Ruth chapter 3 in my pocket New Jerusalem Bible, published by Darton, Longman and Todd) This is a drama sketch
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Consent in the arts, My creativity, Rape in the Old Testament, StarlightWomen who’ve never had sex or an orgasm need to know that Ana’s first orgasm is utter fiction
This post is about a problem I have in chapter 8 of 50 Shades of Grey, which is that it is