Diminished responsibility? Like they can at least partially blame Yifu for everything he's done? How much difference would that make, he wonders...
It's irritating, because all this talk of being taken advantage of and consent feels so... patronising? Belittling? Like he's just some naive child who can't make his own decisions. Like his choices don't matter because they aren't really his. Just sit down, Xie-er, don't worry your pretty little head about it, we'll decide what's best for you...
Isn't that familiar?
But if the courts can argue that, can believe it, that 'lock him in a cell and throw away the key' future he'd feared might not be quite so set in stone...
"If they did that... if they argued that I was... whatever," he waves a hand "that would make it worse for Yifu, though, wouldn't it?"
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Date: 2023-10-22 07:31 pm (UTC)Xie just stares at him, because - what?
Diminished responsibility? Like they can at least partially blame Yifu for everything he's done? How much difference would that make, he wonders...
It's irritating, because all this talk of being taken advantage of and consent feels so... patronising? Belittling? Like he's just some naive child who can't make his own decisions. Like his choices don't matter because they aren't really his. Just sit down, Xie-er, don't worry your pretty little head about it, we'll decide what's best for you...
Isn't that familiar?
But if the courts can argue that, can believe it, that 'lock him in a cell and throw away the key' future he'd feared might not be quite so set in stone...
"If they did that... if they argued that I was... whatever," he waves a hand "that would make it worse for Yifu, though, wouldn't it?"