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One (1) Query and One (1) Grrrr.
Wolfsbane potion. Remus takes it. I know that at the time of the full moon, he'll turn into a wolf, then curl up and go to sleep. Now, what I'm pondering is, does he curl up and go to sleep because:
(a) the potion essentially knocks him unconscious (it's like Contac C for werewolves!)
or
(b) when you're a werewolf with no desire to hunt human prey, it's better than spending all night scratching your ears and licking your bum.
I can't remember having the explanation for this in-text, but then, I'm a pretty typical dumb blonde and could have possibly missed it. Hee! Ahem, yes. Or has it been said anywhere, or is there one that makes more sense, or... what?
It's sad when you're reading a genuinely funny essay about the frustrations of fandom and fanfiction and poor characterisation and bad sex scenes when BAM! Everything is destroyed once again by yet another writer saying something about "badfic" writers turning grown men into weepy thirteen-year-old girls. GAH. Dude, do NOT make me write another essay about the inherent sexism in that.
Weepy != girly
Got that?
Weepy = baby. Weepy = immature.
How could saying otherwise, that someone who cannot control their emotional reactions must be a girl -- how can that possibly be anything but a sexist remark? The one person I have known in my life who cried over every little thing that went wrong was a very emotionally fragile teenage boy, whereas my two best girl friends only ever cry when they are under extreme stress because they've always had good, mature, adult coping skills. The people who have absolutely no control over their reaction to cry over every upset, who have such poor emotional coping abilities, are infants. Children. People who are very, very immature.
It is not. a. female. thing. All right? Stop giving in to society's gender expectations by saying it is. Just stop.
(a) the potion essentially knocks him unconscious (it's like Contac C for werewolves!)
or
(b) when you're a werewolf with no desire to hunt human prey, it's better than spending all night scratching your ears and licking your bum.
I can't remember having the explanation for this in-text, but then, I'm a pretty typical dumb blonde and could have possibly missed it. Hee! Ahem, yes. Or has it been said anywhere, or is there one that makes more sense, or... what?
It's sad when you're reading a genuinely funny essay about the frustrations of fandom and fanfiction and poor characterisation and bad sex scenes when BAM! Everything is destroyed once again by yet another writer saying something about "badfic" writers turning grown men into weepy thirteen-year-old girls. GAH. Dude, do NOT make me write another essay about the inherent sexism in that.
Weepy != girly
Got that?
Weepy = baby. Weepy = immature.
How could saying otherwise, that someone who cannot control their emotional reactions must be a girl -- how can that possibly be anything but a sexist remark? The one person I have known in my life who cried over every little thing that went wrong was a very emotionally fragile teenage boy, whereas my two best girl friends only ever cry when they are under extreme stress because they've always had good, mature, adult coping skills. The people who have absolutely no control over their reaction to cry over every upset, who have such poor emotional coping abilities, are infants. Children. People who are very, very immature.
It is not. a. female. thing. All right? Stop giving in to society's gender expectations by saying it is. Just stop.
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To your 'grr' there is also a lesser known argument that the British do not feel things as intensely, and so these british characters will not be so 'emotional' about XYZ.
I think about all I can say in response to that is BZUH? Even if these people don't know any British folk personally (I am pleased to say that I do, whee!), have they seen no other British-made movies? Television? Have they actually read HP?
The mind boggles...
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There is a consensus in Britain that there is something wrong with the Nation's mental well being ( see the Princess Diana outpouring); but when I was there ( just in time for the Princess Di outpouring) It did seem worse or better than the US, just different. Ack- I could spend hours on this! Must ,must y!m or something.
And the whole wolfsbane issue is intriguing. Why did someone set about finding this treatment? Why can only a few wizards in all of britain make it?Why still have discrimination if this exists?
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Grrr.