Poll of the Day > People who have read/watched 50 Shades of Gray. How close am I with...

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These descriptions?

The guy: Even though hes rich, and with more money than he can ever spend, hes lonely. Hes always been lonely since he was a boy, when his mother died. He had always been a happy, normal child, but he loved his mother a lot. So much. Like, so much that its stupid and unrealistic how much he loved her. He literally loved her so much as a child that flashbacks makes him look stupid for it because that was his only trait. Anyway, she dies/got killed and he found that his father lacked the emotional necessities of a proper parental figure. But his dad was stupid rich, and The Guy now had free access to a vast library right in the house. What does young, impressionable The Guy get into most and first? BDSM. His dad had huge tomes that described stupid crazy BDSM mechanisms. In shelves able to be reached by a small child. Or maybe they were in the restricted section, and that tantalized Young The Guy.

Anyway, The Guy grew up lonely, and this soured him. So he simultaneously made huge efforts to push everyone away, while also lamenting that no one would ever love him... Even though hes the one making them go away in the first place. That is, until...

The Girl (Gray?): She had a normal life. Normal friends. Normal adventures. And perfectly normal sex growing up. The sex bored her, but she was a naive cherry who didnt know what else there was out there. Or maybe she was a virgin, and put her studies above romance and carnal pleasures. She was a being who existed beyond the normal desires of others and their sexual desires. Shes a blank canvas. Infinite possibilities and a perfect fucking surface to spooge all over. An excellent mannequin for someone to project their personality on her, because, secretly, shes all about sex, but her professional demeanor doesnt hint at it. By putting up an emotional and physical layer of utter nonsexuality, she proves that shes better than all of the OTHER girls by basing her logic and decision on sound logic, and only succumbs to... cumming... when she knows theres a spark there (JUST LIKE TABITHA OUR SINGLE 38 YEAR OLD READER WHO ONCE HAD A SLUT PHASE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AND A PERIOD OF TIME 9 YEARS OUT OF COLLEGE BUT SHE WISED UP AND TOOK RESPONSOBILITY FOR HERSELF SEXUALLY SO SHE COULD IMPRESS THE HIGHER UPS AND MAYBE EVENTUALLY BE SHIFT MANAGER AT McDONALDS. So she gets through each day until she meets The Guy. The Girl basically goes through the Heros Journey/3 act structure with The Guy in the... 3 books?

Book 1: The Girl goes and meets the guy (Call to Adventure), has adventures, and at the end of the book, he ramps up the sexual carnage even more. The Girl has to make the decision whether she wants to do it (resisting the call), but by the end she crosses the threshold (Crossing the Threshold) and continues on. End Act 1.

Book 2: Our book of emotional low points and the meaty part of the story. The BDSM challenges initially prove too much, for The Girl (Obstacles). She contemplates dropping out forever, but ultimately decides not to and comes back with a renewed sexual energy and desire. But things get harder and The Girls young, supple body eventually gives out. But she gets back up (Death and ReBirth/Reverse and suddenly finds that shes not only able to get through The Guys challenges, shes able to do them with ease, and pushes both her and The Guys boundaries as they explore their bodies and sexuality. But while theyre toying with each others butts, maybe theyre toying with each others... hearts?

To be continued in Book 2: Part 2 Act 2.

Later.
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need a tl;dr version

I saw a bit of the second movie I think, so Im something of an expert

I told my wife that the only reason people find the story interesting is because the guy is super rich. No one would care about a guy that was into domination or whatever if he worked at the petsmart or something
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Well, if it is, I agree even more they got Jamie Dornan for "The Fall".
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Nichtcrawler X posted...

Well, if it is, I agree even more they got Jamie Dornan for "The Fall".

Which one is Jamie? The Girl or The Guy?
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I assume the guy. He played Paul Spector in The Fall.
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the dudes last name is gray
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helIy posted...

the dudes last name is gray

WHoops!

Nobody post spoilers until I finish my imagined summarization of the books/movies. I dont want to be sullied with TRUE facts.
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helIy posted...

the dudes last name is gray

Which makes it edgy. But his first name is Christian, making it wholesome.

Really the main character names are the perfect names for this kind of story.
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it's not about bdsm either

it's about paragliding
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actually it's about ethics in video game journalism

that's 50 shades freed
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