I've wanted to say something about the criticism of some female characters as "men with boobs/breasts" for quite some time, but I don't think I ever have, on account of not being sure my criticism of the criticism matters.* It finally occurred to me that most of the problems I have with the phrase are valid regardless of my own gender.

(I should ( Read more... )

You know the saying that once you've seen something, you can't ever unsee it?  Well, I've seen the lack of women in adventure movies, and I can't unsee it.

Tintin was fun, once I got past the slightly uncanny valley animation.  I still think a slightly more cartoony style would've been better, since, even once I stopped being a little off put by it ( Read more... )

1. Comment with "the odds are ever in your favor."
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Post the names of five fictional characters and your thoughts on each.

nenena.livejournal.com/ gave me K.

( There be characters! )

(cross posted from my other blog)

A discussion on a site I frequent got me thinking about why I tend to identify more often with male characters than female characters.  In fact, I generally like male characters better than female characters and have a far longer list of male favorite characters than I do female favorites.

Granted, there are obvious ( Read more... )