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

[myownghost.livejournal.com]

it'd be interesting to know how strongly being a cat lover correlates with going bonkers over lolcats. i love cats and am amused by lolcats. so there's one bit of data for the graph.

sam as a girl though would be a big no.

[deanbear25.livejournal.com]

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.

The Sam-is-a-girl confuse me as well. I get the Sam was a boy and turned into a girl, then back into a boy.

I just am boggled by the Sam was always a girl or Dean was always a girl.

I guess it is a way to lessen the blow, instead of them incestuous and gay they are just incestuous.

[me-ya-ri.livejournal.com]

O.o Sam as a girl??? Shorter, slighter, prettier Dean, maybe, but Sam is the bigger, taller, more powerful one, isn't he? (Doesn't actually watch Supernatural though all the slash stories are going to lure me in eventually.) Um, Nnnnnnnoooooo... >.>

As for cats, I love them and I hate them. I love the purrs and the fur, but the freaky behavior and claws bug the heck out of me. Helps that my hubby hates them when people ask why I don't have any. ^_~

[norwich36.livejournal.com]

Lolcats baffles me, honestly. I don't have a cat, though, so....

However, I love girl!Sam stories. Really, I love all the genderswap stuff in the SPN-verse for reasons I cannot explain. I mean, I like both Sam and Dean as boys, don't get me wrong--I love them lots and lots as the very hot men that they are, but I can also enjoy either (or both) of them as girls. Actually, the first Wincest I could actually take, for some reason, were musesfool's girl!Sam stories. If it helps, she has said that her girl!Sam is played by Katee Sackhoff (the girl in my icon, if you don't watch BSG), and she likes girl!Sam because she thinks Dean is more likely to be emotionally open when Sam is a girl v. Sam as a boy. (She generally writes Sam-has-always-been-a-girl stories, not genderswap). I think I enjoy her stories mainly because (a) she is a DAMN good writer and (b)I kind of like getting to have het stories without breaking up my slash OTP. Because I *love* how much Dean loves the ladies, actually--it's one of my favorite things about SPN. And there are so many really good het writers in that fandom it has really reignited my interest in het stories.

I also like Dean-as-a-girl stories (though usually I prefer him to temporarily be turned into a girl), because you know he'd have a lot of fun that way. Also? I think Dean would make an absolutely gorgeous girl, especially if you look at pictures from when he was a teen:

And, um. Possibly I have given this WAY too much thought. Yeah. But you asked!

[rednihilist.livejournal.com]

I can't stand stories where they change the character's sex in the middle. I also abhor mpreg. *shudders* I don't think I've ever read one, and I don't intend to, either. I like my guys, guys, and my gals, gals. Somehow cross-dressing is okay -- to a certain degree. *shrug* Cwazy people. . . *G* To each his own, though. I won't read them, but I certainly don't care if others do. *rubs hands gleefully* More hot man lovin' for me!!

[valentinemichel.insanejournal.com (from livejournal.com)]

Sammy is a girl fic?

Oh. Hells. NAH. Not that I feel strongly about it or anything. *g*

I mean, where's the right in that?

[helioshyperion.livejournal.com]

You don't like lol cats? :( You can no haz cheezburger.

I can read a limited amount of Lex-in-a-skirt

*giggles madly* Orly? That sounds like a challenge.

[dragynville.livejournal.com]

'So-and-so is really/seekritly a girl' stories (not including generswap for humor purposes) always seem to me to be either:

1. self-insert or mary sue
2. writing the popular otp without having to touch teh ghey

In case 1, the girlified character is OOC and might as well be an OC. In case 2.. if they're IC, girlification doesn't add anything to the story so what the hell's the point? So I just don't read them at all. :p

[selinamoonfire.livejournal.com]

I don't like weird pics of animals deformed. It creeps me out.

I don't understand turning boys into girls and girls into boys unless there's some mystical reason (and plot centric reason) for it. Just making Sam into Dean's sister from the beginning of the series is odd. Maybe the Sam as a girl stories come from all those comments Dean's made about Sam being emo and calling him Samantha occasionally. Or the writers can handle the idea of Wincest but not slash.

[rosy5000.livejournal.com]

I can read a limited amount of Lex-in-a-skirt,

I see you're not saying anything about looking at pictures of Lex in a skirt and corset and high heals, torturing Clark, eh? ;)

I lurves lol cats. *grins* Because I look at mine and now I know what he's thinking. lol What about bunnies? *grins*

[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

[droolfangrrl.livejournal.com]

And yet they DENY their LUV!!!!!

http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/5226340.html

[tabaqui]

Bleeeeergh. I don't get the Sam/Dean was always a girl stuff, either. I like the *boys*. That's what the show is about and that's what i *like*. If you make Sam or Dean born a girl....everything changes! Why not just write original fic! I just don't get it.

If you want girl!fic, pic a *girl* to write about.

Also, i hate it when one of the boys is turned into a girl and s/he is all *tiny* and *pretty* and has a *huge rack* and immediately goes to get makeup and skirts and tampons and a Venus razor.
*gag gag gag*

Gimme a break. If Sam or Dean were suddenly female they would be: six-foot females with short hair and small breasts because, hello - not like either of those boys has a lot of extra mass to move around into *gigantic breasts*!!

/rant.

Sorry.
:)

I luff Lolcats. My cats have expressions on their faces a lot of the times that just make you go o.0 and i love it when someone has a clever caption for it.
:)

*uses cat icon in celebration*
*luffs you muchly*

[mobiusklein.livejournal.com]

What I don't see very often is girl characters made into guys. Think Chloe as Chole or Lana as Larry (I actually have done a few parodies with Larry Lang but nothing serious).

I like lolcats though I also have to confess that the only pets I have had are fish so I probably don't recognize cat dignity.