Hmmm...

[roxy]

There are two things (well, a hell of a lot more that two, really...) that I don't understand--lol cats and Sam-is-a-girl stories.

Why is Sam a girl? What for is he female? Because number one--that's one ugly broad. Number two--why??? Explain to me, and I might read those stories. Right now, they just scare me. I can read a limited amount of Lex-in-a-skirt, but gender change stories...not too much.

And the cats just freak me out. There, I said it. They make me all ew and grumpy. But I must admit, inanimate objects with personality can make me laugh. And fish, and other non-fluffy animals. Somehow, it's just cats and dogs I don't like all that much. (as in hell no)


The world was so much simpler when I was a girl.

Comments

[herohunter.livejournal.com]

I clearly can't argue for SPN stories, but I think that making a character like, say, Lex, be a girl from the start, is a way to explore a strong female character (which, for example, Smallville lacks) and the possibilities of a woman dealing with the kinds of situations that Lex has to deal with. It's done in mainstream writing, movies and TV all the time, I don't see why Fanfic should not touch the subject.

Also, transgendered issues won't go away just because we don't write about them, and they're downright interesting to explore as well.

When I write a male character into female, I'm not trying to eek away from gay issues, as has been suggested. It's just an area to be explored. I like to write gay pairings more often than not myself. The more penises, the better.

MPreg, also mentioned in above comments, fascinates me. ALSO explored in mainstream medium (as seen here http://pregnantmen.net/sightings/index.html), deals with the unconventional and how characters deal with it, rather than expelling a baby out of your ass, or wherever the author may decide is gonna be the exit point.

To me, it's all about personal interactions, reactions and the coping, which I hope shows in my stories!

:D

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

When I write a male character into female, I'm not trying to eek away from gay issues, as has been suggested. It's just an area to be explored

See? This is why I like to ask these kind of questions from time to time. I have to say, it didn't occur to me that there were valid reasons for writing the males as females. My responses were flippant because that's my default mode. But I can understand that exploring the character in different ways is interesting, fun and maybe even enlightening! I mentioned before my issues with being a girl--mostly a generational thing, I think--that colors my perception of these stories. But, the impulse to write those types of fics probably comes from the same place I trot out these AUs of mine. The Big What If. *G*

Aaaand you know my stand on M-pregs. Few, far between, and only reading those by people I love, no matter how logical the point you make.

However I stand firm on my belief that Sam=Big Ugly Girl.

[herohunter.livejournal.com]

Just like Clark or Bruce. Lex, we *know* could get away with it!

:P

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

LOL! Okay, we do have proof that Lex would look kind of cute as a girl. :)

[herohunter.livejournal.com]

Although...



Hee! Stop me!!

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

LOL!!!!! OMG--not the Bale! Noooo!!!

[herohunter.livejournal.com]

Hee! You never watched Velvet Goldmine? He has sex with Ewan 'Obi-Wan' McGregor on a rooftop!

:D

[coneyislandbaby]

Oh Roxy, you'd adore Velvet Goldmine! It's a fictionalised story about David Bowie. Jonathan Rhys-Meyers plays Brian Slade (the Bowie-alike), Ewan McGregor plays Curt Wild (a combination of Iggy Pop and Lou Reed though he looks like a less skinny Iggy) and the Bale plays a reporter trying to find out what happened to Brian Slade. Plus Toni Collette plays the Angela Bowie character and she's amazing. There's also a very pretty man named Micko Westmoreland who plays the character I can't remember dammit and Emily Woof as Brian's secretary and Eddie Izzard as Brian's manager and it's a really trippy and interesting movie and there's boykissing all over the place and more boysexing than Torchwood!