I wish I could understand my love of that kind of incest but so far I don't know what it is. Maybe the idea that two people are literally "made for each other" because they're the male/female version of the same thing? I don't know...but as idlerat recently pointed out, it seems to be popping up on TV as well, and I think it seems to work best when there's an adolescent theme, so the characters are sort of set against the mean adults.
Flowers in the Attic being an obvious example. God, it's so bad in so many ways but you can still see why that story sucks people in. You're right, it's such pure emotional masturbation.
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Date: 2005-02-16 03:48 pm (UTC)Flowers in the Attic being an obvious example. God, it's so bad in so many ways but you can still see why that story sucks people in. You're right, it's such pure emotional masturbation.