One (1) Query and One (1) Grrrr.

[ashinae]

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?

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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.

Comments

[thisside.livejournal.com]

I'd always just heard it stated as it helps him "keep his mind," so that would just suggest to me that he has nothing better to do, or perhaps even no desire to do anything but just sleep (since it is night time and that's when people usually do sleep). Whereas without the Wolfsbane, he doesn't keep his human mind and therefore the nocturnal instincts of the wolf demand he go out, hunt, etc.

That's how I see it.

[ashinae.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for your input :) It is much appreciated. I'm still not entirely certain how much of his own mind he keeps and all that, but I'm pondering.

I could ponder Remus all day. *snerk*