History WMG / FiftyShadesOfGrey

[[WMG: The Fifty Shades trilogy is tied in to the [Batman] Universe.]]

[[WMG: The Fifty Shades trilogy is tied in to the [Franchise/Batman] Universe.]]

I base this on the movie version, as I haven't read the book. Ana is not actually an independent person, but a developmentally challenged young woman, who has to depend, 24/7, on the care and attention of her full-time carer, Christian. The story of FSOG is her sexualising their professional relationship in her head. This explains why a man who is apparently a millionaire owner of a business empire has nothing better to do but to follow Ana around all day every day; why his millionaire career seems so unconvincing (how would developmentally challenged Ana know what an important millionaire businessman does?) and why he makes everyday decisions for her. It also explains why Ana's world centres around Christian almost immediately. If she is a developmentally challenged person, he might be the only man she knows, literally the centre of her life. It also explains the strange nature of their relationship: why he needs to control everything around her, and why he has to restrain her sometimes, why he has to discipline her physically since she is too developmentally challenged to know any different way of distinguishing between what she should be doing and what she should not (or potentially he is abusing his position). Either way, the story of FSOG is the love story construed in the head of a developmentally challenged girl, between herself and her carer.

I base this on the movie version, as I haven't read the book. Ana is not actually an independent person, but a developmentally challenged young woman, who has to depend, 24/7, on the care and attention of her full-time carer, Christian. The story of FSOG is her sexualising their professional relationship in her head. This explains why a man who is apparently a millionaire owner of a business empire has nothing better to do but to follow Ana around all day every day; why his millionaire career seems so unconvincing (how would developmentally challenged Ana know what an important millionaire businessman does?) and why he makes everyday decisions for her. It also explains why Ana's world centres around Christian almost immediately. If she is a developmentally challenged person, he might be the only man she knows, literally the centre of her life. It also explains the strange nature of their relationship: why he needs to control everything around her, and why he has to discipline her physically since she is too developmentally challenged to know any different way of distinguishing between what she should be doing and what she should not (or potentially he is abusing his position). Either way, the story of FSOG is the love story construed in the head of a developmentally challenged girl, between herself and her carer.

Despite what EL James (and the more rabid defenders) says, Christian has not changed. He is still controlling with no concern for others' autonomy or opinions. He is still also resistant to change as the epilogue of "Freed" has shown, so it would not be surprising if his relationship with Ana follows the pattern of his previous ones. He has finally molded Ana's personality to fit his wants, so the conflict that fueled their courtship is gone. Another strike against Ana is the more than likely diminishment of her sex drive due to the various stress that her relationship with Christian caused. Arthritis and other long-lasting injuries caused by incorrectly done BDSM, fatigue after child birth, and even her low self-esteem will contribute to a low sex drive. After the birth of Phoebe, Ana will eventually lose all the things that drew Christian to her and Christian's mind and penis will wander to someone who can sate his sexual appetite.

Despite what EL James (and the more rabid defenders) says, Christian has not changed. He is still controlling with no concern for others' autonomy or opinions. He is still also resistant to change as the epilogue of "Freed" has shown, so it would not be surprising if his relationship with Ana follows the pattern of his previous ones. He has finally remolded Ana's perception of herself to fit his own wants, so the conflict that fueled their courtship is gone. Another strike against Ana is the more than likely diminishment of her sex drive due to the various stresses her relationship with Christian gave her. Arthritis and other long-lasting injuries caused by incorrectly done BDSM, fatigue after child birth, and even her low self-esteem will contribute to a low sex drive. After the birth of Phoebe, Ana will eventually lose all the things that brought Christian to her and Christian's mind and penis will wander to someone who can sate his sexual appetite.

They are both described as having auburn hair and similarly fine facial features and their personalities are interchangeable, to the point of barely any difference being noticeable. This would also give Jack a ''better'' reason for hating Christian, thinking that he should have been adopted into a rich family, alongside Christian, because they are half-brothers and it would be 'fair'. Better than the idea that he hates Christian merely because they were in the same foster family for two months. This would also explain why [=EL=] James seemed incapable of writing the two like two separate characters, rather than the same character, but with a different name.

[[WMG:E.L. James is actually StephenieMeyer]]

* Jossed. It's revealed in ''Meeting Fifty Shades'' (and ''Grey'') that Kate's father is a rather important business friend to Christian and decided to humor Mr Kavanagh and agreed to Kate's interview, just to keep her father on good terms with him.

Christian set up an interview with a college paper to try and find a new sub.

Given Stephanie Meyer has just announced she rewrote Twilight with Bella as a boy and Edward as a girl, it's time for E.L. James to follow the leader once more!

Given that Christian made a huge deal about not telling anyone about his "donations" to Darfur, despite that it would raise awareness of the region and would be fantastic publicity for his business, it makes one wonder if he is actually engaging in illegal activity overseas that he doesn't want the Federal government to investigate. He wouldn't declare it on his taxes as a donation because then the IRS would look into checking its legitimacy. It would be entirely believable that Christian Grey is making money on the side by shipping arms and/or supplies to African warlords.

Why else would she allow herself to be used and abused by Grey?

Why else would she allow herself to be used and abused by Grey? True, this is supposed to be about a woman who becomes a part of a BDSM relationship with a rich and powerful man. However, a lot of readers have stated that Grey's version of BDSM, or rather James' take on it, is more abusive and less pleasurable for both people.

[[WMG: Anastasia could be mentally ill.]]

[[WMG: Anastasia could mentally ill.]]

[[WMG: Ana isn't a real person]]

Hey, Ana's dad ''is'' named Ray. Could be short for Rayford.

As evidenced by her MarySue tendencies, she's not a human being at all. She was a humanoid automaton designed by Grey to fulfil his sexual desires; a sort of [[Main.TheStepfordWives Stepford Wife.]] The people in her life are either actors Grey hired to pretend to be her relatives, or strangers who befriended the naive young woman out of concern for her welfare. Think about it; the man's a billionaire - surely he of all people could pull off something like this. He probably wouldn't be too concerned about the ethics either, judging by his personality.

* Unlikely, going by James' response to criticism. Claiming it was intended as satire would work in her favour.

As evidenced by her MarySue tendencies, she's not a human being at all. She was a robot designed by Grey to fulfill his sexuakl desires; a sort of [[Main.TheStepfordWives Stepford Wife.]] The people in her life are either actors Grey hired to pretend to be her relatives, or strangers who befriended the naive young woman out of concern for her welfare. Think about it; the man's a billionaire - surely he of all people could pull off something like this.

As evidenced by her MarySue tendencies, she's not a human being at all. She was a robot designed by Grey to fulfill his sexuakl desires; a sort of [[http://Main.TheStepfordWives Stepford Wife.]] The people in her life are either actors Grey hired to pretend to be her relatives, or strangers who befriended the naive young woman out of concern for her welfare. Think about it; the man's a billionaire - surely he of all people could pull off something like this.

As evidenced by her MarySue tendencies, she's not a human being at all. She was a robot designed by Grey to fulfill his sexuakl desires; a sort of StepfordWife. The people in her life are either actors Grey hired to pretend to be her relatives, or strangers who befriended the naive young woman out of concern for her welfare. Think about it; the man's a billionaire - surely he of all people could pull off something like this.

James knew exactly what she was doing when she made "Ana" – originally Bella – compare herself to Tess.