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meganbmooreOk, seriously, how can women NOT be interested in women in fiction, or view them as irrelevant, or only there to complement the guys? I mean, seriously, HOW???
I don't mean liking every female character ever, or always being more interested in the female, I just mean approaching fiction with the idea that the female is less important than the male.
It seems to me that it should be the reverse...but then again, I shouldn't be surprised, as so much of fandom revolves around the ideathat it's good or more interesting to take the role of the female and give it to a male instead(yes, if you slash a canonically, heterosexually paired character with another male, you ARE robbing the female of part of her role in the story and giving it to a male. Period.)
No, I do not dislike you or not respect you or automatically think less of you if you aren't interested in female characters or slash canonically paired males(the f-list would be much smaller if I did.) But I also can't remotely with your viewpoint when you're coming at something with either one.
(ok, I must ask: is there something in the world's water supply the last few weeks? I keep seeing more and more rants...not that I'm one to talk.)
ETA: No, not directed at anyone specifically (I don't post rants directed to specific people if I know them) but on comments in various rants I've read the last week or so.
I don't mean liking every female character ever, or always being more interested in the female, I just mean approaching fiction with the idea that the female is less important than the male.
It seems to me that it should be the reverse...but then again, I shouldn't be surprised, as so much of fandom revolves around the ideathat it's good or more interesting to take the role of the female and give it to a male instead(yes, if you slash a canonically, heterosexually paired character with another male, you ARE robbing the female of part of her role in the story and giving it to a male. Period.)
No, I do not dislike you or not respect you or automatically think less of you if you aren't interested in female characters or slash canonically paired males(the f-list would be much smaller if I did.) But I also can't remotely with your viewpoint when you're coming at something with either one.
(ok, I must ask: is there something in the world's water supply the last few weeks? I keep seeing more and more rants...not that I'm one to talk.)
ETA: No, not directed at anyone specifically (I don't post rants directed to specific people if I know them) but on comments in various rants I've read the last week or so.
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Date: 2008-02-22 05:08 pm (UTC)Which is an attitude that sets off a severe kneejerk reaction in me, because in the online fandom at least, it's the women encouraging the attitude.