Why is his later work often more sexual in tone?

[wolfphoenix]

I think when it comes to these bizarre and/or somewhat shocking scenes and scenarios.....it's just the author incorporating real horrors that can happen in actual life.

 

[wolfphoenix]

But if a 12 year old would understand what's going on in a porn film, why would they be disturbed by it? They would think 'oh, it's just a film with people having sex'. what's disturbing about that?

You don't have any kids do you?

 

[wolfphoenix]

12 year olds are not ready explicit adult activity like that, they can see what's going on! So they can on one level understand what is happening.

 

[Gerald]

......and that took place at the hotel? That place was known for the ghosts doing weird sexual things, remember the guy dressed up in the dog suit?
And btw.....whiskey spelled backwards doesn't spell murder.

No, the hotel didn't exist anymore in the sequel, it burned down at the end of the first book.

It happens when the True Knot are looking to abduct Abra. It has nothing to do with the hotel.

 

[wolfphoenix]

Did you not see Fight Club?
When the girl, about 12 yr old, burst into tears at seeing a full grown mans equipment for the first time?

 

[wolfphoenix]

No, the hotel didn't exist anymore in the sequel, it burned down at the end of the first book.

It happens when the True Knot are looking to abduct Abra. It has nothing to do with the hotel.

Okay, thanks for that. I've only seen clips of the movie. And MANY of them.

 

[wolfphoenix]

Dirty Old Man Syndrome. It eventually affects us all.

Oh my GOD! You're healthy and normal! .....the horror......
Mick Jagger is still spittin' out kids!

 

[Gerald]

12 year olds are not ready explicit adult activity like that, they can see what's going on! So they can on one level understand what is happening.

Abra is not a regular kid. She's like Danny was when he was young, far more adult and intelligent than her age. She may not have been sexual active yet, but watching adults having sex wouldn't disturb her.

And I doubt in general children would be very disturbed by sex when they understand what's going on. Only if they have no clue, and they walk into the bedroom with their parents having sex, they may be startled by it, because they don't understand at all what they're doing.

 

[wolfphoenix]

Abra is not a regular kid. She's like Danny was when he was young, far more adult and intelligent than her age. She may not have been sexual active yet, but watching adults having sex wouldn't disturb her.

And I doubt in general children would be very disturbed by sex when they understand what's going on. Only if they have no clue, and they walk into the bedroom with their parents having sex, they may be startled by it, because they don't understand at all what they're doing.

.....as I said MOST kids would find it disturbing, but not necessarily all kids.....many are alot more precocious than they should be.
.....I kept my kid away from that latter type. Anyway, let's stop this line of discussion, it's not pleasant and could possibly get controversial.
Abra was special, definitely, I still like to think that her mental power protected her. Shielded her.

 

[Gerald]

.....as I said MOST kids would find it disturbing, but not necessarily all kids.....many are alot more precocious than they should be.
.....I kept my kid away from that latter type. Anyway, let's stop this line of discussion, it's not pleasant and could possibly get controversial.
Abra was special, definitely, I still like to think that her mental power protected her. Shielded her.

It depends on the parents. If the parents treat sex in a natural way and explain things when they think the children are ready, there would be no problem.

Of course it depends on what kind of porn it is. But in the book it was nothing heavy, it was some porn actors at a pool moaning a lot. It sounded more silly and is described more silly than it was disturbing.