It was mentioned on a previous thread that there is a creepy double standard in the series about how love potions are considered to be somehow OK if a witch uses them. For instance, we get Molly whom JKR wants us to love, giggling about brewing a potion that turns people into lust fuelled zombies. Did she actually slip the potion in question to
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*There is a ludicrous-but-fairly-common plot with Ginny dosing, or attempting to dose, Harry with love potion in order to force him into an actually-loveless marriage and Harry breaking free in order to run off with Hermione/Draco/Voldemort/partner-of-your-choice. I cannot remember seeing a SINGLE fanfiction in which this is portrayed as anything but High Villainy, unless you technically count the few in which she was actually being mind-raped into it by the Real Villain of your choice.
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I think I was told that the fic's author was "notwolf", however I can't find this fic over on notwolf's fanfiction dot net account, so if you see this, I'd really like a direct link, because I don't think I even remembered the author's name right. Thank you.
ETA: Now that I've checked, it was a conversation I'd had with @oneandthetruth on a recent thread. If you see this, can you please give me a link?
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I'm sorry it took me so long to reply to you.
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It's alright, I'm not a very swift replier either. :)
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I don’t feel comfortable blaming victims of abuse for their abuse, so I’d like to point out a few possible reasons why Rice’s wife has stayed with him.
1) Her family and/or friends blame her for Rice’s behavior and have pressured her to stay with him.
2) She may want to stay for the sake of their child by rationalizing that a messed-up father is better than no father at all (yes, I know that it’s easy for us, who are standing on the outside, to say, “*No,* no father at all is better than a dangerous one,” but she may be desperate to maintain some pretense of family).
3) Stockholm Syndrome.
4) She’s afraid of what he’ll do to her and/or their child if she leaves him. It’s common for abusers to step up their violence and/or kill their partner after they’ve broken up.
5) What was her job or financial situation before she married Rice? She may feel dependent on him because he’s a rich football player.
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So... rape's alright if someone else has done it before you? :0
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