Wow.

[agilebrit]

I guess, because I've basically emasculated poor Ben, that I secretly hate all men and want them to die. Or something. Also, I'm totes up with adultery because of that whole Healing Vagina thing (even though that ultimately backfires and breaks him more). *thumbs up

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[lady_moriel]

Oh...geez. I really want to post a big rant in response explaining why the Dresden Files are awesome and why Jim Butcher and Harry Dresden aren't misogynists, but I can tell from glancing at the other comments that if you don't sycophantically agree with winterfox, you are WRONG and will be ripped to shreds even if your argument has merit. And I seriously do not need that right now.

[agilebrit]

I know, right? And thus, I rant in my own LJ.

[honorh]

*pat* Don't let the bitchy people get you down, 'brit. You want to tell this story? Tell it. As for being a blunt instrument, you gotta ask yourself: What would Harry Dresden do?

[agilebrit]

Harry Dresden would whisk Ben out of there and "Forzare!" the island into a crispy cinder...

He wouldn't be able to fix Ben, though, and that would make him feel bad.

[bojojoti]

raging, unrepentant, pubescent misogyny in Butcher

Yes! More, please.

I think the reviewer totally misunderstands Dresden.

I hate that so many people want everyone to fit into certain boxes like little automatons.

[agilebrit]

Seriously, if she saw something that was actually misogynistic, it would make her head explode.

I wonder if she watched "The Ugly Truth" and said "yes, this is how men are, absolutely." It must be terribly difficult to go through life looking at it through Those Goggles.

Harry would hold the door for her anyway. And she'd slap him. Thus reinforcing the stereotype that Feminists (note the capital, there) are raging bitches.

[neo_prodigy]

silly misandronists.... will they ever learn?

[agilebrit]

Apparently not.

Seriously, I wonder what people who look at life through Those Goggles would make of This Thing I'm writing. If they'd think it was some Monument of Feminist Writing because poor Ben has, like, no agency whatsoever and the women in his life have to keep rescuing him.

Which is certainly not my intention, and he kicks ass and takes names at the end, but damn.

[neo_prodigy]

This post written by wedschilde: is the best response to their ignorance.

http://neo-prodigy.livejournal.com/682428.html

[kantayra]

*facepalm* Writers can't write sexist characters, you know, because sexist people don't exist in real life. Except...wait! If sexist people don't exist in real life, then writers themselves can't be sexist to write them in the first place!

I've actually always really liked that Harry does the door-holding thing, because I do see it as a serious character flaw, and it's nice to see a central character with an actual flaw. Hell, how many women have pwned Harry's ass now by exploiting this?

That woman seriously needs to take a step back and look at the broader picture. Unfortunately, she seems to be the type where arguing with her is like banging your head against a brick wall...

[agilebrit]

I just love how, based on one book, she's decided that Jim Butcher must be a raging misogynist. She probably hasn't even touched his Codex Alera series, which boasts several kickass women. But I'm sure she's made up her mind and little things like "logic" and "reason" won't sway her.