Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-28162607-20180220221000/@comment-31937823-20180221162920

Aine1989 wrote: Lady Junky wrote: Aine1989 wrote:

Lady Junky wrote: I love how all Emma "fans" keep acting like she was the dumbest character of the entire show just to prove their point x)

I'm sorry Emilian but: "Especially if the teenager in question is a homeless runaway with a low education level and possibly not knowing the full risks of unprotected sex." I just find that VERY insulting for Emma's character. Emma NEVER EVER proved or showed that she had a low education level or anything. She has always showed that she was very intelligent, very capable of, and knowing exactly what to do in some situations.

DeviousPeep explained everything. Emma was 17, she was completely able to know what she was doing and to take care of herself. She was completely able to leave by herself already. So, let's not act like she was dumb or not understanding what she was doing with Neal.

She clearly was happy with Neal, and seeing how the character was written, I just doubt that he would force her into sex. Neal always loved Emma. Deeply. He never hurt her by himself or on purpose. They were both in love with each other. (lol yes bc letting her go to jail didn't hurt her in any way whatsoever)

No one is saying Emma is dumb, so stop putting words in our mouths. We are saying that adults having relationships with teenagers is wrong. If Emma had been played by Abby Ross (or another teen actress bc Abby was like 14 when Tallahassee was filmed), would you be syaing thet same thing? Putting words in your mouth? That's what you're saying, and doing.

And could you stop comparing this to a situation which does not exist, please? Abby Ross never portrayed Emma at 17. Emma would have been younger if it was Abby Ross. And it was JMO, not her.

Emma was 17. By at least half of the US states, she knew what she is doing, and it was legal. You're just creating and making a fake problem because it happened in Oregon? lol That's just the lamest, excuse me. As Cado said, if it happened in another state, this discussion would never EVER happen, and YOU would not say the same thing at all.

And as I said, Neal never hurt her "by himself". And that's the case. Emma went to jail because Neal let her, true, but he was forced to do it by August. Otherwise, it would not have happened.

So yeah, again, I stand by my opinion: this entire thread is just an attempt to create conflict, which you did, based on a fake problem. Congrats. And excuse me, I insist on "fake problem" because as many pointed out.... The only reason you call that "rape", it is because it happened in Oregon. Sorry for Emma for not having sex in New York, Maine or Michigan. Hence why I said "or another teen actress". Although when filming Emma flashbacks for season 4, Abby was 17. If Emma had been played by a 17 year old actress, would you still be defending Neal?

I think if they were in another state I would still be against an adult having a relationship with a teenager. I think Ezra/Aria from Pretty Little Liars is just as gross despite the fact the age of consent in Pennsylvania (where the show is set) is 16 and she was 17.

Emma was a homeless 17 year old runaway who had been starved of affection almost all her life. Does that sound like the kind of person mature enough to have sex with a man 5/6 years older than her (and those 5/6 years do make all the difference when you're talking about a teenager and a guy in his 20s)

And you are putting words in our mouths by saying we are calling Emma dumb when that is not what we are doing. No one has said she is dumb. We are simply saying that we don't think teenagers are mature or old enough to consent to sex with adults.

But the audience doesn’t know what biological age Neal is meant to represent. Jennifer Morrison was playing a 17 year old when it is fairly obvious she wasn’t 17. If they were to cast another actress as a teenage Emma then they would have cast for a teenage Neal too. I doubt their intention would be to make Neal look 30 and Emma look 17.

I agree, though, that teenagers minds aren’t completely developed, so they shouldn’t consent to adults.