Pairing Meta: The Appeal of Snake/Otacon from a Male Perspective
Whilst I am still working on my second story (thanks to Khronos_Keeper and Imre_Nico for agreeing to be my beta-buddies), I decided to do something I promised to do for a long time: an essay about Snake/Otacon slash from a male perspective. I managed to write this pretty quickly, so if you need clarification/elaboration/etc, feel free to ask.
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Well, this isn't an issue but an interesting note:
First, the MGS series is a niche series. It is not insanely popular amongst huge segments of the general population.
Not "huge segments, no, but I do hear about it on the street more often than other games, with the exception of Halo and Guitar Hero.
These factors lead at least some support to the tentative hypothesis that most male MGS fans are more intelligent than average, and probably enthusiastic hardcore gamers. In short, it is likely that many of them are 'nerds.'...This is quite the generalization. Why are you assuming that they're probably "enthusiastic hardcore gamers"? And why are many of them likely "'nerds'"? Do you have statistics? Have you taken a poll? If you were presenting this in a "oh hey lol this is what I think" way I might not bother asking for more support, but you claim to be asserting ( ... )
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I'm not sure if you realize this because you are a man and may have some unconscious gender bias, but for some reason (and I'm not the only one), this comes across as incredibly insulting to women. It's unfortunate that your gender probably plays a big role in how it comes across since I know what you mean. The execution and implication of it is just...jarring I suppose. Just as, huh? And you secretly long for Apollo to regain his manhood? So you can be seen as equal? You may think, perhaps from being a bisexual, emasculated nerd, that you understand these things, maybe emphasize with women (in general) for not being top dog (traditionally male, and why the hell is that desirable anyway?). But by inherently being born with a penis and raised as such, I really don't think that you do. While incredibly small and minor, that comment was very telling about your attitude towards women (not simply lumped with yourself in the "not masculine" category). But maybe I'm ( ... )
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...What? How does just randomly hearing about a game ON THE STREET (I MEAN THIS LITERALLY, TOO) have to do with what crowd I spend time with?
I am making the judgement that MGS is a hardcore game because its not exactly an accessible kind of game.
Again, what? I am totally not a hardcore gamer. I suck, in fact. But I have been able to successfully complete 2,3,&4. Really, the game isn't hard (except in 2 ajsdfoajsofuckyousemtex).
I am referring to what we might call the postmodern-feminist type, which looks for politics of meaning in basically everything.
...Maybe there's different types of postmodern feminism because the one I know of seeks to transcend the notion of "female" and "woman" since those are male-defined constructs.
As for the comment about "women can be just as rational as men," I am not intending any sexist implications.Just because you didn't intend it doesn't invalidate others' offense to it. ( ... )
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