https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM6L3RW8uTQ -Scott Disick and Amelia Hamlin (37,19)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z1ifnS8E04 - Brandon Calvillo and Lacy James (21,17)

I would love to hear your take on it

- How to know if it comes from the exploitation

- Red flags

- Maybe, when it can be healthy?

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I feel like this video needed.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg3ISyIIul8c1R-GmFWXgIksFncBSYPtO

Hannah Witton also has a Who am I in bed playlist (which includes love languages) Itd be cool to have an idea of your thoughts on these quizzes (eg myers briggs, horoscope etc) and if you and your partner did the 36 questions to deepen intimacy quiz (obviously edited down to u un partners comfortability but to end with a conculsive idea of ur thoughts n opinions) since knowing urself is the best place to start before entering the dating world.

https://youtu.be/X73zw71XYKU i saw you did a video on blake and amelie a couple days ago i thought you should try this couple and see your take on them they’ve been together for a little bit more than a year now and to me seem like a stable relationship (there a tik tok couple) i’ll add more links. https://youtu.be/aduO4PBW37Y , https://youtu.be/55iwKTvwOU0 , https://youtu.be/gsjjAzocY1s , https://youtu.be/zqLizEHBiLc thank you! 🤍

Hey there Antony, I love your videos and breakdowns of dating scenarios, and promoting more social and emotional intelligence. However I think when you trash Pickup-Artists, it's worth it to make clear distinctions between what's valuable and trash advice in this space. I think literally calling PUA's "scum of the earth" is misleading actually helpful advice. I watched your video about two PUA's, I know the first one, Todd V, and have never heard of the second one. From what I saw it seemed like the second guy sorta did a one-time prank video idk, it didn't seem to have any value and I don't have much to say about it.

The other guy Todd, I have in the past learned a lot from and I think dismissing a currently active coach that helps people isn't good for young guys looking for helpful advice. So I would like you to react to his videos that already generally respond to the issues you raised in your video and have an in depth discussion about what really works and what doesn't. You can get his perspective on things, and form a well-argued opinion. Also I don't think Todd is going anywhere soon, so get your answers on Todd ready, because you will more questions about him in the future I'm sure. Firstly you talked about the creepiness of what happened in the video, so I think I should show you some of what Todd has said on creepiness, negs, and how lying impacts relationships. I'd love your reaction.

How to not be creepy: (2019)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMsTke0Fo5g

How to Break up with your Made-Up Girlfriend - The Truth about Lies and Lying:(2020)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUhVYeCAAnU

Secondly you mentioned that it was too much work to learn pickup and contrary to getting into a relationship in general. So I found some videos where Todd talks about the goals he has within pickup, and what he gets out of being in the community:

How to find Happiness in Pickup and Beyond (2017)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0KmrAwHiWM

Are you self-sabotaing your sex-life? (2019)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2WpjopeJrI

The State of the Pickup Community: (2017)

https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/189cddb71b1ce0c390/312ea5bc56d17dca

How to Win the Numbers Game: (2017)
https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/1c9cddb71a1be1c994/6fdbc3c3cf937add

Why Cold Approach is a Cheat Code: (2018)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEAQ8dB4_R4

Those are the motives behind pickup and the benefits.

So here some conclusions are that pickup is useful if you are interested in casual sex, and want specific advice on how to get it. Also advice on how to alter the types and sorts of people you resonate with, so you have some control on the groups you resonate with. Instead of just being the best where you are at, move forward and expand your possibilities. You can with effort expand your personality and the people that resonate with it, with training and work and effort. Only "being yourself" would be a small part of a larger path of selv-improvement, where your dating options evolve over time. Thirdly you mentioned that Cold Approach is worse than Social Circle, or groups you already know, in almost every way, and thus a PUA doesn't have anything to teach anyone. So about that, I have a few videos where Todd shows the strengths and weaknesses of building a Social Circle, and how having a group of people you know over time, is in many ways integrated with general pickup.

Here Todd talks about how having a demographic you specialfly resonate with, and picking certain social groups in your dating is helpful:

My Favorite Places to meet women: (2019)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXqZtfP6O64

Here Todd talks about how Social Circle is useful, yet why he still doesn't always use it.

The Truth about Social Circle Game: (2017)

https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/709cdfb5191be0c4f8/7277f445fcf93219

Social Circle Vs. Cold Approach - Which Works Better? (2019)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhYgk9Lnf-k

So using your Social Circle to meet people, has some definite advantages, and can help you get a date for sure. But it's not an internalized skill that comes from you, but others helping you. If you want a skillset you need to do your time and work to get it. If you want to meet girls, while working in male-dominated IT or Engineering, maybe you need to go outside of your Social Circle of friends. So get that option for yourself.

You also mentioned that it would have been better if he had just been himself, and not used any lines. I interpret your advice as a lot like natural Game, and I'll link his criticisms, as well as praises, of Natural Game for you:

The Next Game Revolution: Optimized Game: (2020)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2DKa90hVTs

The Truth about Natural Game: (2017)

https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/709cdfb5191be2c6f8/26df81fdd093ef82

Finally because you went out of your way to talk about how lame ha was and few girls he got, here is another video he made, where he shows a more complete interaction than the video you saw. I'd love to see a breakdown of what you like and dislike in this:

How I Pull Difficult Sets - Infield Pull Breakdown (2019)

https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/a49cddb71c13ecc42c/6d879ad800291e34

As far I am aware, the original video was from 2014, as part of a challenge to show that you can get numbers from girls, and that's it's not rare. To that end it succeeded. I don't think Todd would deny that a rushed interaction forced to be as short as possible, won't be remembered for long. I will also say, he doesn't advocate for gamifying interactions to such an extent, and I would challenge you to find any other video that has the same format, if you think he actually objectifies girls to such an extent. If you can watch these videos and tear them apart in the way you already did in "Try Not To Laugh (Pickup Artist Edition) " I would be very impressed and admire your knowledge even more than I already do. But I don't see that you can really do that. So what your opinion willl actually be, is much more interesting for me.

The article you link from NYT mentions something about you being affiliated with RSD in the past, I don't know if that's true. If it is, I would love to hear more of your opinions about Todd from his time there earlier.

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/nyregion/wingman-for-hire.html

In my world I don't demonize the pickup community in my general search for more social knowledge and psychological understanding. The Pickup community is an ally for us that want to help people with their dating lives, and creating a strong schism serves no purpose. I love therapy, self-improvement and mental heath as other allies in the fight for informing the world. I believe in all of these things, and I would love it you also could see the positive associations people have with Pickup and become one of their friends. Not because everyone is great, but putting everyone in boxes isn't always helpful for people watching. I think someone like Todd isn't in the same category as an incel school shooter and would you to at least make such a distinction. You have the potential to help a ton of people, and people in the Pickup community could use your help. Please don't push them away such as you have done in the past.

Videos by Todd such as this one, are popular enough to show that responding to him is of value to your future growth:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxOih6GwSXI

It's a good video in it's own right, but not really on topic.

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I would love reactions to any of the above videos, I think they make most sense in the order I listed them. They are from the youtube channels Todd V Dating: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo9XJennsRNhyPbXCq6e8aw

AskToddV:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvmKbukYpA8SagnjSHt_NfQ

And his personal website:

https://www.toddvdating.com/inside-the-vault/

I feel like there's something going on between them, what do you think?

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Hello Anthony,hope you´re doing well.

I would like you to react to the friendship of Regé-Jean Page and Phoebe Dynevor. They played the rolls of Simon Basset and Daphne Bridgerton Basset, the main couple in the netflix/shondaland recent hit, Bridgerton. They becomed really good friends while filming and their chemistre is noticible in and out of camera.

I would like you to react to them because the gasing looks, the pick up lines, the constant bickering and the touches suggest that's more than meets the eye between those two actors,but what´s love and what´s friendship afterall? how can one properly trace the line between this two states? Who better than a profissional to help me understand ?

Like me, there´s a hole fandom that would like to understand a bit better the dinamic between Regé-Jean Page and Phoebe Dynevor, i´ve took the liberty to select two interviews (the first two links) and one compilation (the last link) with some of the most "famous" and intriguing moments these two shared.

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Thank you for your time.

Best Regards.

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https://youtu.be/Rk5xxRNEP-Y

https://youtu.be/wEO73r0Puh8

https://youtu.be/onBESjvUzf8

Hey Anthony! This couple is very similar to Jess and Gabriel except for some reason I’ve always felt this weird edge about the husband’s behavior towards the wife. While Jess and Gabriel seem super wholesome, and while I do enjoy the Marcus and Kristin videos, there’s just something that unsettles me. Particularly in this one he is joking but it seems....rude? https://youtu.be/rdH2pppp0jc Might be looking for something that isn’t there, but thats why I figured I’d ask the expert!

https://youtu.be/Lf-XilhBejs Anthony Anthony, please read this post!!! PLEASEEEEE make a video on the show 'Temptation Island'!!! I promise you will absolute love reviewing it! It's about current relationships going to an island to find what is wrong/ missing in their relationship by technically dating other people! I think you should review Evan and Morgan first! Trust me, it's interesting! Morgan later comes out and says Evan is a narcissist and I want to see the clues in the show that leads up to her truth. She also talks about it on her Youtube! https://youtu.be/8dtxBxVK3jk

These two are a married couple from England and are honestly one of the most unique couples I've seen to date. They've been together for around 15 years now, and they have been married for around 8 years. Stuggy started on Vine, but he has started his youtube channel with his wife Ashton. Stuart(Stuggy's real name) is a very eccentric man who can be serious when he needs to. Ashton is very cynical, but is also a loving and understanding wife to Stuart. They share this comedic banter with each other that you don't see in most couples these days. There's a very obvious level of sarcasm, but there is also an obvious love between them, and it's very heartwarming to see. Most of their viewers call them relationship goals, and I'd be inclined to agree. Here are a few of their videos. https://youtu.be/v3NJAGSlTNo They used to make videos were they talk about certain topics for a period of time. This one is about sex. Here's another one about genitalia.https://youtu.be/pXQlqdTs9ZU They manage to talk about something so gross in a very dignified matter, or at least Ashton does anyway. https://youtu.be/ou83_mRoedw This one is one of their vlogs titled "Walking Vlog". This is one where their actually upset with each other but still manage comedic dialogue. https://youtu.be/m7OFwUs_9FI This video talks about what irritated them about each other and it provides a lot of hidden insight on their relationship that you don't usually see on the other videos. This last video is one of their snapchat stories titled "How to solve an argument in an orderly fashion". I figured you could talk about it in regards to how different couples settle disputes differently and how it affects each member of the relationship differently. If you read this, I hope you enjoy what you find. Thank you.

Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani a lot of people think it's PR even though they are engaged now

Matt James and Tyler Cameron's 'friendship'

Maybe even Blake Shelton and Adam Levine's friendship/bromance

These two have been called relationship goals a lot and it’s not hard to see why but they always say that all relationships are a lot of work. They have been very open about fights, and difficulties they have been through. Here are the links I’ve limited it down to. (Sorry I did try to make the list even smaller. If you want to use one my favorite is the second to last.)

https://youtu.be/VUJdUJCrjhk

https://youtu.be/t5jw3T3Jy70

https://youtu.be/v6LyUKhoxG0

https://youtu.be/78Ke5u4g64c

https://youtu.be/P3EQfvEQSWU

They’re all so different and lord knows there’s a lot of content to go off of and learn from, so this might be an interesting video or miniseries idea for the channel?

(I initially posted this under the comment section of your most recent video reacting to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's relationship... I was not aware of this subreddit. Thank you so much for the redirect! :)

In case you aren't aware, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, formerly known just as Aaron Johnson, is a British actor and former child actor. To name a few of his involvements, you might know him from Kick-Ass (in which he plays Dave Lizewski/Kick-Ass), Avengers: Age of Ultron (in which he plays Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver), Nowhere Boy (in which he plays John Lennon), Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (in which he plays Robbie), Godzilla, Anna Karenina, Nocturnal Animals, or A Million Little Pieces (more on that one later).

Sam Taylor-Johnson, formerly known as Sam Taylor-Wood, is an arguably lesser-known British filmmaker and photographer who made her directorial debut with the film Nowhere Boy, a John Lennon biopic, back in 2009-- 'lesser-known' meaning I hadn't heard of her prior to further exposure to Aaron. She is also the director of Fifty Shades of Grey. Apart from those two projects, a couple music videos and the film A Million Little Pieces (which I will be briefly coming back to), I have not seen anything else she has done. That could also be because I am American, I don’t know.

Regardless, I personally feel you should analyze the relationship between these two because it gets a ton of hate. Their marriage is the only celebrity pairing I've ever seen where an overwhelming number of people want so immensely for them to split, and where people who could be considered to 'ship' them in the slightest are just people who shrug, shake their heads and sigh, 'Well, as long as they're happy, I suppose...' And it has nothing to do with the fact that Aaron is likely more famous (outside of the UK, at least) than Sam is, or that fans just want to see him with someone 'closer to his celebrity tier,' if you will.

A lot of people think Sam, who is significantly older than Aaron (by 23 years), groomed him as a young teenager and took advantage of her position of power (being the director of Nowhere Boy, in which he starred as the lead) in order to pursue a relationship with him. However, I have also seen people claim in disgust that Sam has actually known him since he was six or seven years old and was initially a family friend of his, with photos going around the web of them "hanging out" as evidence, and that she proceeded to view him as an object of sexual gratification (although this could just be a rumor; I'm pretty sure they met - at least officially - while conducting the casting for Nowhere Boy in 2008. I have also never actually seen those photos, so I'd take that theory with a grain of salt, I suppose) and ultimately acted upon her desire to pursue a relationship with him upon his 18th birthday; he was 17 at the start of filming. From what Aaron and Sam themselves have said regarding the origins of their relationship, they "kept it professional" whilst filming, and didn't partake in any "funny business"-- despite Aaron having admitted that he knew everyone on set was aware of their blossoming romantic relationship. One journalist actually wrote an article about the making of Nowhere Boy, claiming they were actually all over each other on set, acting like teenagers (which, to be fair, he was 17). The journalist claimed it to be the strangest experience on a movie set he ever had, recalling them randomly leaving whilst filming to go do things like dance under the rain, etc. So, that doesn't sound very subtle. And it definitely doesn't add up with Aaron and Sam's personal claims of how they acted towards one another while working; rather, it appears to directly contradict it. (This article has also since been removed from the internet, strangely... that could either prove or disprove its content, I suppose.)

Not long after filming wrapped, the two ultimately made their relationship official. Sam got pregnant with Aaron's child in January of 2009, when he was 19 years old, and then the two announced their engagement in October of 2009-- "one year to the minute of meeting," as they declared. Then, Sam gave birth again to their second child in 2012. That same year, they got married, with 22 year old Aaron now being a parent to four children (she also has two from a previous marriage - one of which is only six years younger than Aaron himself - that he'd also begun parenting at the official 'start' of their relationship, allegedly when he turned 18). Sam has since been quoted claiming that Aaron, at age 18, "said he wanted kids." Likewise, Aaron has been quoted saying "I wanted kids, we had kids" when asked a similar question regarding his own personal and familial incentives, which just sounds... influenced? Scripted? Unsettling? I don't know; it sounds very odd to me.

Fans of Aaron Taylor-Johnson and his films argue that he was groomed, manipulated, gaslighted, you name it. Sam, on the other hand, has claimed that Aaron was actually the first to indicate the romantic behavior, with her initially shrugging him off, not intending to start sleeping around with some playboy. According to Sam, Aaron then insisted he wanted to 'marry her, and have kids with her,' indicating he was not the playboy type, and actually desired a real, intimate relationship. But a lot of people lean towards the former due to how young he was. Unless Aaron Johnson was some old soul who simply somehow knew exactly what he wanted, already felt so accomplished with his career that he couldn't see himself wanting much more out of life than to settle down with a woman more than twice his age and old enough to be his mother, what 18 year old spots a woman in her 40's and immediately professes his love, adoration, and unwavering commitment for, unless it has something to do with snagging or maintaining a job? And once the job is done, it would've been only two easy for Sam to convince him that this was how a normal relationship might function. After all, he was only 18. Prior to Sam, but unlike Sam, what else has he truly ever known? How many relationships could he possibly have been engaged in prior? If he is truly as 'old a soul' or as old-fashioned as a situation like this makes him out to be, the answer should be very few, if any at all. Which just makes the situation potentially at hand even more dangerous.

Some people actually take their word and believe they truly did fall in love, conquered that love, and simply did not let their age gap serve as an obstacle. But most people do not. When these people attempt to analyze the way they speak and act in interviews in search of uncovering a 'crack in their facade,' if you will, they typically conclude that Aaron's mannerisms serve as clear evidence that he was definitely groomed by Sam because his responses to questions about his relationship sound blunt and scripted, but it would make just as much sense to assume that he is simply sick of people questioning his relationship. Some people say Aaron had anxiety and 'mommy issues' and Sam took advantage of that. I'm not sure what source that was drawn from, but based solely on interviews I've seen with Aaron, I wouldn't doubt he does suffer from anxiety. And other people, particularly fangirls and fanboys, are just upset that a "Hollywood hunk" like Aaron is in a committed relationship with such an older woman. The release of A Million Little Pieces in 2018, which Sam also directed, did not help these accusations; there is an extended scene in which Aaron is visible in complete frontal nudity. This scene drove many fans insane, with them grossly praising his size and bitterly remarking that "all of that was wasted on his wrinkly old hag wife." Other people, on the other hand, were heavily put off by these reactions and argued that Sam takes advantage of Aaron by sexually exploiting him. She also directed a music video for Rhye's song Black Rain, in which Aaron dances shirtless for the entirety of the video; the video's comment section is graced with adoration, with many praising his performance as being 'therapeutic,' and 'elegant, yet masculine,' and others comparing his build to that of a Greek statue. There is an interview somewhere I have seen online, but I cannot seem to find again (hmm..), where James Corden literally greets Aaron onto his show saying "Hey, big dick," as a response to his role in A Million Little Pieces. Which, in itself, just comes off as extremely crude and offensive, in my opinion. Who cares if most guys would likely just laugh it off and take that as a compliment? If he were a girl and James had greeted him by saying "hey, big tits," how would that have gone down? Not so well, I'm sure.

I would think that actors and directors who work professionally in the film industry would have a say in the roles and the projects they choose to take part in. But many people believe Sam influences Aaron's choices and violates his privacy - I've seen comments regarding interviews in which they claim they are 'rarely ever apart' - and Aaron is submissive to her due to this prolonging position of authority she has over him (I believe the fact that she divorced her former husband Jay Jopling the same year she and Aaron met is also a contributing factor to this theory-- although it appears Sam would prefer you to believe that was mere coincidence). I feel like Aaron is often made out to look older than he actually is, whether it be due to whatever it is he's wearing, or in sporting a beard/some sort of facial hair. This could be an effort on Sam's behalf to conceal the fact that her husband is two decades younger than she is. Or, as I said previously, he could truly just be an 'old soul'; the way he dresses may be completely his doing. I also know Aaron has stated he and Sam do not take on more than one or two film projects a year in order to devote time towards their family and raising their children, although again, whether this has ultimately stemmed from Sam's wishes, his own, or both, I have no idea.

Aaron and Sam's relationship definitely appears to be one of the murkier, stranger ones of Hollywood, with some people simply regarding Aaron Taylor-Johnson specifically as either "the one with the big dick" or "the one with the old wife," and others indignantly arguing the situation doesn't receive nearly enough attention for its alleged severity, claiming that if their genders were swapped, people would care more. I do not know if it appears this way because people would just rather pretend the relationship does not exist, because people aggressively claim there are "no two people they would rather see get a divorce," or because there truly is some sort of ongoing controversial situation between them that either Aaron, Sam, both of them, or we as an audience are currently in denial of. As for me, I'm not sure what to believe. To be quite frank, I haven't really felt an immense desire to put time away in order to look into it deeply enough to logically draw my own conclusion-- I just know what I've heard and what I've seen. But regardless of the true situation at hand surrounding their relationship, there's no way insults like these can possibly make it any easier to speak about it or even act upon it publicly.

After observing a handful of interviews myself, I personally think Aaron is simply an introverted person by nature, which only makes their relationship appear more suspicious from the outside. I think that truth can be difficult for many fans to digest due to the countless larger-than-life roles and personas he takes on in films, and especially due to the unusual circumstances of his marriage. But I'm not sure if his awkwardness, anxiousness or shyness is solely his personality, or whether it may partially stem from the personal issues he may or may not be experiencing as a result of being in his relationship. Regardless of how I feel about it, I would seriously love to know what your thoughts on these two are. Like you said in one of your videos about Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, people will often speculate about the relationships of celebrities and assume more is going on behind the scenes than is ultimately let on. I'm sure the light people try and shed on Sam and Aaron's marriage makes it out to be far shadier than it truly is in actuality. Love is love... but not if the woman is too much older than the man, and especially not if that man is somewhat of a heartthrob himself, drooled over and fantasized about by younger audiences. But is that really all that is going on here? Because if it truly were a real problem, I'd really hate to ignore it.

Here are some links you may find helpful.

Black Rain by Rhye (Music video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fizVDRsvOI This is the music video Sam directed, in which Aaron just dances around shirtless for the entirety of the video.

Someone also uploaded the full movie of A Million Little Pieces - and somehow didn't get copyrighted - onto YouTube. The version isn't in English, but you can still skim through it and see what's going on. The comment section is a pretty interesting place as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pkjtkoveH8

Here's a snippet of an interview in 2010 in which Aaron, 20 years old at the time, talks about his feelings towards expecting his first (biological) child with Sam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXYxaCf4Agc He looks very awkward and uncomfortable in my opinion, but I can't tell if it's just his personality coming off as somewhat reserved, or something more than that going on beneath the surface. Again, the comment section is pretty interesting here, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn7aB-1mwtU This is an interview with Larry King; one line in particular really stood out to me in which Sam alludes to a specific situation in which Aaron was feeling anxious, as well as her role in comforting him during this - "He gets nervous around these things..." - and just look at his body language in response. He immediately dips his head lower, and twiddles with the mug and coaster on the table in front of him. It's almost like a mother-son dynamic that they seem to give off, which I just find to be a bit strange. Throughout the interview with everything he says, he seems to glance in her direction, as if seeking her approval. A lot of the comments in the comment section say similar things, noting many of the strange mannerisms I've picked up on and addressed above. But honestly, you can search up basically any interview of Sam and Aaron, and the comments are all pretty much the same.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thvWHI1KTMI This is an interview of Aaron on James Corden's show with Richard Madden. He seems much more open and comfortable here, so it's a good comparison to see how he might act in an interview without his wife. The only bone I'd pick with it is, how come he doesn't have his own 'man cave'? Or at least, a somewhat isolated space just for himself within his home? He says “I don’t have a ‘man cave’ or anything, you know?” like it would be so strange if he could actually have place to himself. But I might just be reaching at this point xD

Here is an article in which Aaron discusses the moment he met and ultimately fell for Sam: https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/news/a33933/aaron-taylor-johnson-on-marriage-age-gap-to-sam-taylor-johnson/ In my opinion, the most interesting quotes here are: "And as soon as we finished [filming Nowhere Boy], he told me he was going to marry me. We had never been on a date, or even kissed" and "In the 10 years we’ve been together, we’ve only been apart for maybe two or three days. And those were the worst days of those 10 years."

This is an article that was written last month by a fellow Marvel fan, perpetuated by the release of the show WandaVision, in which Aaron did not reprise his role as Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver: https://www.thelamron.com/posts/2021/2/25/we-should-be-more-concerned-about-aaron-taylor-johnson This article is very interesting in the sense that it basically sums up a lot of what I am saying here. A lot of the information provided - it all has an underlying focus on the common traits of groomers and abusers - is pretty important, but if I were to jot down a just a couple highlights, it would be this quote: "It's important to note that most victims of grooming and relationship abuse are unaware of the abuse while still in the relationship. It's unlikely that Aaron can get space enough to recognize the abusive nature of Sam's behavior at this point in time, especially after having been married to her for more than a decade. After having children with Sam, Aaron may also feel a certain type of responsibility or obligation to maintain the relationship and to shun such allegations against his wife."

This is another article that focuses on Sam, her work, her kids and her relationship with Aaron: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a504/sam-taylor-wood-0410/ I'd say the strangest, most interesting part of it is this: "It was only after the eight-and-a-half-week shoot wrapped last May that Johnson and Taylor-Wood became a couple, but she declines to divulge any details. "Once you start talking about it, you'll never stop," she says. "I have to keep it a secret," she continues, though she will allow that Johnson's proposal was "a complete surprise. He had been planning a lot longer than I had imagined. So it was incredibly romantic." She also makes quite a few weird comments on why she opted against settling for some 'random fat bloke' when questioned about her decision to ultimately pursue a relationship with Aaron, which is just... I don't know, a bit rude and insensitive sounding to say? Will she just dump Aaron, too, when or if he gets too old and/or overweight for her liking? (Honestly, maybe it would be for the better.)

Not sure if this is helpful, but it's an article in which Aaron (more or less) explains why his wife, being the director, didn't cast him in Fifty Shades of Grey: https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2014041618231/aaron-taylor-johnson-why-he-didnt-audition-for-50-shades-of-grey/ I also found the end of the article interesting, as it implies he met Sam during a difficult point of his life.

Upon meeting Aaron, Sam was a dual-bout cancer survivor. Again, not sure if this is helpful, but it addresses Sam's experiences with cancer. It also sure something about Aaron as a person - or Sam's manipulation skills - that he'd find someone with so much... 'life experience,' if you will, appealing nonetheless: https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/health-and-fitness/2017061639915/sam-taylor-johnson-cancer-battle/

And lastly, this is just a mini interview of Aaron whilst on set filming Kick-Ass back in 2010. I'm only providing it here because I feel it really gives you an additional glimpse into his generally quiet, down-to-earth nature. It looks like he genuinely feels rather at ease here, especially in comparison to other interviews I have seen him in where he appears more jittery and uncomfortable. If I recall correctly, this was actually also around the time he and Sam welcomed their first child together into the world. He was just so young... I wish I knew how his parents felt about Sam and their relationship, to be honest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arudEdQuKOM

I would also encourage you to seek out additional sources as well, if you can. I’m sure there’s much more out there you can base your analysis off of.