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RE: Finish the story contest - The Sandwich
I agree. This was an unusual twist for me as I was trying to read into the original character and construct the subsequent situation around the most typical possible outcome.
@phil-glaz however, approached the situation from a completely different end. It wasn't a situation of perpetual systematic abuse, but an unpleasant incident that happens in a life of even people who can genuine affection for each other.
Good thinking!
I tried to write that female character so that she could go either way. I was surprised at how many assumed she felt tyrannized. She was in a difficult situation that sometimes presented terrible moments, but nothing suggested that she hated what she was doing to the point of wanting to do him harm. So she could go many emotional or psychological ways.
I guess we are dealing here with authors who have the urge to dramatize the situation. I remember back in university talking with the professor about the first inhabitants of the American continent and expressing a surprise that they didn't kill each other. I was referring to the book "Quest for Fire", where prehistoric people weren't so tolerant toward each other. To what she responded, "Who would be interested in people who just get along?" :)
You sure can see that in politics and the media today.