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  1. Altered_Ego on Chapter 1 Tue 21 Jun 2016 12:46PM UTC

    I understand your misgivings; I expected it from several people and I almost didn't write this... but then I realized that it's fiction, a 'what if' story for lack of a better term. What if Felicity felt she had zero choice? What if she was backed into a corner?
    The other reason I wrote this is because Felicity, I've noticed, has an incredibly strong sense of self, a sense of self worth and she absolutely sticks to the choices she makes, even if they hurt her. I really wanted to delve into that. She isn't mentally ill - she's just making a bad choice. A really bad choice; the road to hell and all that jazz? Because she isn't perfect and this IS the worst choice. But there's also Slade to content with; the worst kind of man, the master mind-manipulator. At this point in season 2 what could any of them have done to him? There are several things/scenes Manu B confessed that had been cut regarding his character and that how insane he really was barely uncovered. Part of this story is seeing that, seeing how twisted love, hate and mirakuru has made him.
    I don't get off on torture and there will be minimal details for most of this but it is also something that could happened - has happened on the show, it juts hasn't to Felicity. And why not her? Why not a woman?
    Torture porn?! Oh, hell no- not going there. For some reason everyone thinks I'm going the way of rape and I swear I'm not.
    I'm very much into resolution as well and not prolonging pain and sadness when it's unrequited.

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    1. Altered_Ego on Chapter 1 Tue 21 Jun 2016 12:55PM UTC

      I really do hope that you may look back at this story again at some point in the future - it'll be the only type of story I do that involves Slade + Felicity in such a way, but if you find you cannot then thank you for your honesty. But I wanted to share something with you too.
      When I was at University one of the women I made friends with was the strongest-minded woman on the planet... she was also an army girl, who decided to serve eight years and return to education. Briefly she told me (omitting details) that her time there was fairly peaceful and quite ordinary. Except, once, she'd taken a beating for another soldier. A harsh one. And she did it with knowing she would never tell her friend- she only told me because I saw a scar on her back during the summer. When I asked her why, she simply said 'you do odd things for ones you love'. Looking back on it I'm sure she questions her own sanity but, honestly she was one of the most rational and logical people I've ever met who came to the simple conclusion that she could take the punishment. Her friend couldn't. I used this as a stencil out of respect.
      Please don't think that I've made Felicity mentally ill. Currently she's deliberately 'not thinking' about her choice. But she knows, really, how insane a choice it is. She just felt like she didn't have a choice at all.
      Thank you.

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