It’s actually pretty common. As someone who’s been SA’ed, I’d fantasize about my perpetrator. It’s a way for your brain to convince you that you wanted it or liked it. So, that you feel more over control. A way of coping of being taken advantage of and having no control.
You could already tell before that Donny perversely liked the attention from Martha. He knew it was messed up and his brain was at war with itself. Wanting it to end but craving the attention at the same time.
Yea Martha legally can't contact him anymore or risk legal trouble... remember she's a serial stalker and a lawyer (no longer, but at one time she was). Therefore... she knows the law. She knows what she can and cannot get away with... switching gears to contact his parents and others around him is the next best - and legally safest - route for her. She's 100% not done with him yet.
Just have to say the reaction to this show gives me hope for generations younger than my own, a couple of guys in their early/mid 20s who are accepting and totally respectful of a transgender character being the romantic love interest. Its pretty awesome to see.
Sexual assault and trauma messes with you and draws you back towards the abuse - because the abuse is normalized. It's not "weird". I know it seems "weird" but he has been habituated to trauma and self-loathing.
There is an interview with the real Martha with Peirce Morgan. You should definitely react to or at least watch it afterwards. This actress already deserved awards but once you see and hear the real one she really does
i can't imagine at all what it would be like having gone through what he did, so i feel like i'm in no shoes to analyse why he did or said the things that he did in this episode, but it feels like it all makes sense. it's been clearly established he's facing a lot of emotional and sexual issues, like the previous episode, where he wasn't going out with people for love after what happened. he's likely got a very damaging sense of self in regards to being viewed sexually, so when martha stopped every email so suddenly, it could have triggered an old response, or a looming one
There's very few shows/movies that are physically difficult for me to watch, but this is definitely high on that list. Each episode makes me go through soooo many emotions back and forth, most of all emotional exhaustion with how relentlessly Martha goes after Donny. Yet, at the same time, I also cannot look away. It's like a slow moving trainwreck. I don't think I could watch this show alone. *shudder* Great reactions guys.
One of the craziest things ive heard about this show is that the messages you see typed out on screen are ACTUAL messages "Martha" sent Richard in real life. The "sent from my i phone" thing, is something real life "Martha" allegedly did to a few other people she 'stalked", including Keir Starmer.
A woman claiming to be the “real” Martha has come forward and has actually been doing some interviews about the show and her thoughts. Yall should definitely look into it once you’re done with the series! Cam Kirkham has some great videos about the response after the show and her interviews and all that too!
Y'all should definitely react to the interview the (alleged) real life Martha did with (🤢) Piers Morgan - if she's not the real Martha, she's doing a damn good job of convincing people she is
You can’t really blame either of them. Donny WAS going through a hard time yet never opened up about what exactly it was and whenever Teri thought it was about the sex stuff he never denies it. Of course she would believe her insecurities when he showed he was already hesitant about being with a trans woman in the past.
I understand her perspective but do agree that I don't think she was nearly as supportive as she could have been considering what Martha was doing to him.
