{"id":165227,"date":"2015-03-04T16:31:29","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T16:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/03\/04\/marvellousimagines-requested-by-leana-armen\/"},"modified":"2015-03-04T16:31:29","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T16:31:29","slug":"marvellousimagines-requested-by-leana-armen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/03\/04\/marvellousimagines-requested-by-leana-armen\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

marvellousimagines<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Requested by\u00a0leana-armen<\/a><\/b><\/h2>\n

This was such a good request, award to the requester for thinking up such a brilliant idea.<\/b><\/p>\n

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You were pregnant and laying in the midst of your tears, sobbing loudly and uncontrollably as you kneeled down in the dirt, the end of your gown already covered in muck. You\u2019d finally done it, you\u2019d finally escaped your abusive husband, and though you knew that you should be happy you can\u2019t help but feel like you\u2019d brought yourself into more of a mess. The year is 1901 and you are cursed with being a female, and now you are a pregnant female. There is no chance in hell you\u2019d be able to find work unless it was in the brothels, but you couldn\u2019t see yourself doing that, not with a child\u2026 but then again, did you have a choice?<\/p>\n

Your body began to shake violently as the sobbing just became louder. Suddenly a hand fell against your shoulder, like a rocket you shot up and jumped away from the stranger. It was so unsafe for a woman to be out this late, let alone out this late without a husband by her side. \u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d an american voice soothed, you just blinked at the stranger with caution. He took another step forward, causing you to take another step back, and then he held his hand out, \u201cthe names Jack Harkness, I really didn\u2019t mean to scare you. I just wanted to know what was wrong?\u201d<\/p>\n

At the thought tears fell out of your eyes once more, and you decided you might as well tell this Jack man your problems anyway. Either he will rape you and kill you, or actually be of use and maybe help you. Though thanks to the way you\u2019d been treated so far by men, you didn\u2019t feel very optimistic. And so you explained it as well as you could, telling the man about how you\u2019d spent five years being abused and after finding out you\u2019re pregnant you decided that you couldn\u2019t allow a child to grow up in such an environment. But it seemed as though the world was against you because of your sex, and you worried deeply that your child might be born a woman.<\/p>\n

He looked at you with sympathy, his eyes dropping to the floor before he looked up again, a metaphorical lightbulb going off in his head. \u201cLet me show you something,\u201d he put his hand out for you to take but instead you just stared down at it in confusion. \u201cFollow me, and I can show you a world where women aren\u2019t treated this way, you really want to see this.\u201d<\/p>\n

His words enticed you, and even though this place sounds more like heaven than an actual place, you knew that you had nothing left to lose. You didn\u2019t want your child to grow up in this world, so if there was anything that could give you hope of a better one, then you would take that chance. When you grabbed a hold of Jack\u2019s hand he swiftly pulled you closer to him, \u201cclose your eyes,\u201d he warned and as you did you became surrounded by a weird feeling, like you were flying. But that\u2019s not possible. <\/p>\n

It seemed as though it was hours later when Jack told you that you could finally open your eyes and what you saw was amazing. Tall buildings that you\u2019d never seen before stood high and the streets were busy, full of people, as you looked around you caught sight of women in weird looking suits, they had weird devices in their hands and also a briefcase. \u201cDo they have a job?\u201d You turned to look at Jack and he smiled, shaking his head \u2018no\u2019, enjoying the look of amazement in your eyes. \u201cBut what about the housework, and looking after the children?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t have that sort of life, they are much more independent.\u201d He explained, \u201cI doubt half the women walking past us right now have husbands.\u201d<\/p>\n

As he said that a very rich looking woman with pearls around her neck walked past them, a child in her hand. Then you remembered what Jack had said, that woman could be a\u2026 \u201csingle parent?\u201d You finished her question out loud, once again looking to Jack for confirmation. This time he saw tears in your eyes and he confirmed it again with simply another nod, allowing everything to sink in. <\/p>\n

You felt like you\u2019d been hit by hope, and that was the only violence you would ever condone.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

marvellousimagines: Requested by\u00a0leana-armen This was such a good request, award to the requester for thinking up such a brilliant idea. You were pregnant and laying in the midst of your tears, sobbing loudly and uncontrollably as you kneeled down in the dirt, the end of your gown already covered in muck. You\u2019d finally done it, … <\/p>\n

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