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Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Stephanie - Dec 08, 2011 3:59:24 pm PST #10572 of 30001
Trust my rage
Steph L. - Dec 08, 2011 3:59:54 pm PST #10573 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
but isn't Batman also attractive women?
Within the comic? Selina, Talia, etc? Or to the readers? Because (my demisexuality and Batman's fictionality notwithstanding), I don't find Batman sexually attractive. He's scary and fucked-up.
Nightwing, OTOH.... (And I know some of the comments on that Shortpacked are along the lines of, "Hey, didn't Amber basically draw Nightwing?")
Amy - Dec 08, 2011 4:01:33 pm PST #10574 of 30001
Because books.
Isn't that part of a male power fantasy (in a way that doesn't translate as effectively across the genders)? I mean, the powerful male superhero is sexier than the sexy female superhero is powerful?
I think that's probably true a lot of the time.
Jesse - Dec 08, 2011 4:05:16 pm PST #10575 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I mean, the powerful male superhero is sexier than the sexy female superhero is powerful?
I think that's the problem?
Cashmere - Dec 08, 2011 4:06:25 pm PST #10576 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
What part of "don't read the comments" don't I understand.
Head, meet desk.
§ ita § - Dec 08, 2011 4:14:11 pm PST #10577 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Within the comic? Selina, Talia, etc? Or to the readers? Because (my demisexuality and Batman's fictionality notwithstanding), I don't find Batman sexually attractive.
It's not about the personality--they're not necessarily portraying the women as particularly sexual people, but they're drawn that way.
And I'm just saying that the way the men are drawn is also sexually attractive, even though it's secondary--it's a side effect of their power. What that woman drew is further away from the typical male physical ideal than how Batman looks now.
Hey, didn't Amber basically draw Nightwing?
But she didn't. There aren't any, as far as I know, major DC or Marvel male characters with that degree of facial feminisation.
smonster - Dec 08, 2011 4:16:33 pm PST #10578 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I finally found a duvet cover I like - [link] Now to figure out if I can afford it (currently my white duvet is sandwiched between a cheapass green fleece blanket and a sheet, so I'd like to upgrade).
Jesse - Dec 08, 2011 4:16:35 pm PST #10579 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
What that woman drew is further away from the typical male physical ideal than how Batman looks now.
Of course, a female character drew it, but it was still a man drawing the comic.
§ ita § - Dec 08, 2011 4:17:41 pm PST #10580 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, good god. I'm watching Dinner With Schmucks, and I hear Kieran's accent, and I think "Bingo! That's a NZ accent! That's the same one as in Flight of the Conchords!"
Well, yes it is. No coincidence, that. I'm very clever. Not. And why am I watching another movie about a really annoying guy the protagonist bumps into who has a complete lack of self-awareness?
§ ita § - Dec 08, 2011 4:19:39 pm PST #10581 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
a female character drew it, but it was still a man drawing the comic
I know. It's kind of my point--that's *not* who most women are thinking should come and whisk them away from peril and sex them into next week. Being drawn by a man could likely be the source of that disconnection.