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Old 02-09-2021, 10:39 AM #17
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Originally Posted by Niamh. View Post
Deb in Dexter- the whole story of her being in love with Dexter Bleh and she would never have murdered for him or covered for him we knew that from multiple seasons before.
Besides being out of character it was just GROSS. The mechanism that makes siblings not be attracted to each other is social not biological - i.e. someone is much more likely to find themself attracted to a blood relative they've never met and don't know they're related to than they are to be romantically attracted to a non-blood-relative they've grown up with in a sibling relationship.

In other words, Deb suddenly being in love with Dexter - who she grew up with 100% as a brother - is just plain "psychological incest" even though they're not actually blood siblings. It's just messed up. Terrible writing and written as "it's cos he's adopted". Just not even psychologically accurate.
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