Love & Romance, Hollywood Style [Period 4, Class 5]

[carpe_demon]

Drake was playing some somewhat creepy music when the students arrived for class. "Today we're going to take a trip to the dark side," he said. "No, don't go running for the nearest witch with a vanquish potion, I'm talking about obsessive love. I've got two examples for you today."

A snap of his fingers, and the projector started rolling. "In meta for Sleeping with the Enemy," Drake began, "Laura is married to an abusive, controlling, possessive husband. So she fakes her own death and runs away to start a new life. Of course, psycho hubby hunts her down. He beats up her new boyfriend and tells Laura that he loves her, he can't live without her, and he won't let her live without him. But Laura's built up a spine in the meantime, and she grabs a gun and blows the psycho away.

"Now, in Fatal Attraction," Drake continued, "the sexes get reversed. Dan cheats on his wife with Alex while his wife and daughter are out of town. When wifey comes back, Dan cuts things off. But Alex doesn't want to let go. She makes a suicide attempt and then starts stalking Dan and spying on his family. She even boils the pet bunny. Eventually she decides to kill Beth, Dan's wife, seeing her as the obstacle between her and Dan's love. Dan attempts to drown her and then Beth blows her away."

Drake stopped the clips and turned his attention back to the class. "Alex claimed to love Dan, and Laura's husband said he loved her. Was that really love? What would you do if you were caught up in those circumstances? And why do teenage girls sometimes think sparkly controlling, suffocating engine-stealing boys are so dreamy?"

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Re: Listen to the Lecture [L&R: Class Five]

[vanillajello]

Kate sighed. "January was kinda rough. What happened on Monday?"

Re: Listen to the Lecture [L&R: Class Five]

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Raven got hurt," Joan said. "I found her and took her to the clinic. Spent all of Monday night and most of yesterday there with her."

She realized that she hadn't talked to Kate much lately. "I've obviously missed some stuff. What happened in January?"

Re: Listen to the Lecture [L&R: Class Five]

[vanillajello]

"Ugh, just... a lot of stuff went down." She shook her head. "Is Raven okay?"

Re: Listen to the Lecture [L&R: Class Five]

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"She will be," Joan said. She hoped at least.

Of course, now she was worried about Kate. "You wanna grab a hot chocolate after class or something?"

Re: Listen to the Lecture [L&R: Class Five]

[vanillajello]

"That's actually not a bad idea," Kate said. "I could use some hot chocolate and hanging out."

Re: Listen to the Lecture [L&R: Class Five]

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Cool, so could I."

Mostly so she didn't go back to the dorms and sleep the rest of the day.

Re: Listen to the Lecture [L&R: Class Five]

[vanillajello]

"So, after this class ends, we'll head to the Perk?" Kate confirmed.

Re: Listen to the Lecture [L&R: Class Five]

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan smiled and nodded. "Definitely."