To think fifty shades of grey romanticises abuse

[Forgottenyearsoflove]

So I decided to actually watch the film yesterday and I was just pretty shocked at how it actually managed to become a film..

And no I’m not being a granny about how it shows explicit scenes in it, just how it romanticises a man who is clearly emotionally and physically abusing and manipulating a woman. Now obviously I know it’s just a film and acting but the way it portrays what’s actually happening as “romantic” and “normal” just really annoys me.

Aibu about this or is the film just a complete flop?

IIRC I think it was fanfic that was originally published on an on-line fanfic site (Twilight?). It was popular, so she took it down, changed names, identifying features etc so it was no longer fanfic, and then self-published. A lot of her old fanfic fans bought her self-published book - enough that a publishing house or agent picked her up, as it was clearly popular, and decided to publish. So a lot of the initial popularity was on the back of Twilight's success and then it was hype.