fannish types

[meganbmoore]

Here is an interesting post on two Intellectual and Emotional fans and approaches to fandom and fiction.  (Though I think "Analytical" is much more fitting than "Intellectual."  I think it represents the responses and comments better, and that most would be more willing to label themselves as such.)

See also:  Why Megan hates or is "meh" about many popular things.

I don't think it's quite as strict a divide as it comes across in the post (but then, I don't think the OP intends for it to be a strict divide) but I think most of what it says is pretty spot on.

For example, I hate the standard kdrama trope of the Cinderella story where the poor girl and/or her family is saved by the rich guy, who treats her badly throughout the series, but it's ok, because he's angsty and  he loves her, so he can treat her badly as long as she gets the cute guy and a better financial/social position.*  Most, however, don't seem to be bothered by "male angst justifies bad treatment of female," especially with the "gets guy" addendum, (this applies to a lot of romantic fiction)  or even see it as such, and just want the angsty love story.   Approaching fiction for and like that isn't "wrong" or "bad," but is obviously the opposite of how I read it, as very different things are wanted from it.  On the flipside, when you add in his selling himself as a child so she can have an operation to save her life to the trope, I turn amazingly forgiving.  (It also helps that his adoptive mother is so mentally fragile that for once I can understand the whole "push away for greater good" thing.

*My Girl is the only one I've seen with this Cinderella trope where I never thought he treated her badly or was a jerk.  Lovers and 1% of Anything dance around the trope a bit, but ultimately they're pretty much on the same social standing, and the only time either heroine needs to be "saved" is when the guy caused the situation in one way or another, so she's never in his debt so that his actions are excused by that.

Comments

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

What's the drama?

I don't think I've encountered the Cinderella/Jerk Prince trope in txdramas as much. But then, I haven't seen many. I see it mostly in romantic kdramas and romantic shoujo. Naturally, the popular ones of both are the ones with the trope, and the less popular ones are the ones most don't like/won't touch because it doesn't cater to the trope.

What's the drama?

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

Love Patzzi--in the Korean version of the Cinderella tale, the evil steps-sister's name is Patzzi, thus the name (because it's a story that involves two very decent guys ending up falling for the brutally honest charms of the "EVIL STEPSISTER" character and seeing beyond "Cinderella's" fake charm 8D

I still think that the Cinderella character secretly loves the other girl, causing her to be the main cause of her misery for the majority of their lives >.>