Attn. gender roles: YOU FAIL.

[melengro]

Things that make me 'gay', 'effeminate' or both according to a stupid person of my acquaintance who shall remain nameless:

• Crying at movies that are supposed to make one cry.
• Not liking red meat.
• Picking and arranging flowers.
• Reading 'Ministering Angels'*.
• Various gestures that I occasionally make that apparently count as 'mincing'.

Comments

[brewsternorth]

In conclusion, these sorts of assumptions about sex and gender need to fuck off and die and let people be exactly as masculine or feminine as they damn well please.

So very much agreed with you. (Does listening to male artist Moby's latest offering make me masculine, just because he's a male artist? Pfui.) Also, agreed on the Last Battle genderfail. I was *not* impressed with how he wrote out Susan, just to score 'moral' points against the Youth of Today.

[melengro]

I think even using Susan for that at all was kind of fail. There were actually other characters who in my opinion would have made more sense for that--Peter's superciliousness struck me as more in that direction than any aspect of Susan's personality.

[brewsternorth]

That's true. Susan struck me in "Wardrobe" as being rather more the compassionate sort - it would be more IC for Peter, missing his "kingdom", to go after earthly power and miss the whole point of Narnia. Also, it would contrast with subsequent King Caspian's initial turning down of his being nominated for the throne.

/edited for better grammar and icon

[melengro]

As I said part of the reason Lewis is so fascinating and in some ways part of the reason why he's so appealing to me is that, to paraphrase Blake, 'win and fail are woven wine' in his work. If he had gone down that path with Peter it could have been something darkly brilliant; since he used Susan it just turned into another 'wicked woman' cliche (though not as bad as some) and fell flat.

[brewsternorth]

I like the way you brain. I'll add you, if I may.

[melengro]

Adding you back!