when exactly was it explicitly said by the author that psychopaths can't fall in love? this is literally a romance story lol
The end - in the twitter posts at the very end, the Q&A answers, somebody asks them if Moo loves Kirin, and they explicitly state psychopaths can't fall in love.
Specifically, extra 79.5, third tweet down.
well that is unfortunate. its probably one of the things that they researched and one article came out and they think its the truth.
even in our field, im a psych grad, nothing is set in stone because there is a continuous study in all things behavior related. so I acknowledge that what the author said is out of ignorance and not done out of malice
Aye, I'm also a psych grad so when I saw the tweet, I thought "that can't be right" and did some digging! You're right that it's nothing worth cancelling the author over because behaviour is so complex and it's very difficult to find the information sometimes. That's why I decided to put a comment, just to kind of be like a disclaimer saying, "well, actually no". (⌒▽⌒)
yesterday I read an interview of a psychopath done by a Psychologist (i think) on Quora because of our discussion and it is really thought-provoking and makes you wanna know more about psychopathy
as a fellow psych grad, what do you think of this series in general? because I honestly love it compared to the other things I've read where it's blatantly romanticizing trauma and toxic behavior w/in the relationship
I love it completely, but I'm kind of upset about the whole "Psychopaths can't feel love" thing. There's plenty of diagnosed psychopaths on youtube who talk about this trope and explain how much it hurts them that this stereotype exists. Whilst it may not be the traditional psychological "love" we experience, it's absolutely real and love in their eyes. Just like how I love differently to how those around me do. It's not that clear cut, and I dislike that the author just shuts down every speculation of that. Just because it may not manifest itself in a way that you can quantify like "normal" people doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Just like how autistic people may not be neuro-typical like us either, their feelings are valid even if we don't always understand the reasoning behind it.