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escritoireazul) wrote2004-07-22 12:36 am
escritoireazul) wrote2004-07-22 12:36 am
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Fandom: Totally Random Pairing Generator and Hagrid
In Medie's Totally Random Pairing Generator, I just got Wash/Jack Bauer. And somehow my mind wants to find a way to make that work, even though I'm not too familiar with Wash, and I'm not familiar at all with Jack Bauer. (Well, other than to watch my sister, and a couple of my friends, lust after him like the shameless hussies they are.)
And then I got Richard B. Riddick / Chris Larabee. Who is Chris Larabee?
I think I'm going to spend far too much time refreshing this page. I love pairing generators, period, even if they are evil. (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
thestalkycop's generator for The Mighty Ducks dragged me into a fandom I swore I'd never join, and even just four little stories is joining, in my mind at least.)
Faith / Mystique. Now that one, that one has potential. I was just reading one of the Mystique graphic novels at work today, during my break, and thinking about what an interesting character she is, and how I really should go seek out Mystique fanfic, because so far, I've not seen any. And now I want Faith/Mystique stories, with lots of guns. Not necessarily used on each other, but there, in the background. Phew.
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Back in June,iibnf wrote about Hagrid as a character and refuted some of the arguments against him, and all her thoughts are interesting and just wonderful to read, but one part struck me in particular.
In response to the flames she's gotten, about writing Hagrid slash, she said: One
There is no canon evidence that he is. In book one he’s described as twice as tall, and five times as wide as a ‘normal’ person. In book three he’s twice as tall and three times as wide as a ‘normal’ person. In book five, he’s four foot taller than a ‘normal’ person. He shrinks considerably as Harry grows.
He’s described as having heavily muscled arms. He does a lot of heavy, manual labour. If anything, if he’s ‘wide’ it’s because he works all the time.
At no point is he described as fat.
Two
So what if he is fat? Fat people fall in love, and lust, and fuck, get married (if allowed), have babies (if they want), and have full lives. No amount of prejudice or discrimination is going to stop that. No amount of prejudice is going to make a fat person any more or less attractive. I, personally, don’t care. I find big men attractive if they have a good personality. I find thin men attractive if they have a good personality. To me, physical attraction follows behind my initial interest.
And dude. That's so true, and I was so excited to see it there that all logical and intellectual responses to the post flew right out of my head, and all I could do was scream like a little fangirl. (Of course, I did this only within my own thoughts, so my neighbors don't hate me. If we actually have neighbors at this point; I think most of the other people living on the first floor moved out last week.)
J, my boy, is Hagrid. No, really, I've got pictures, from the OotP release party at work. (J so graciously agreed to come in and be the photographer at the bookstore where I work, because I was face painting, and no one else is any good at photography. They couldn't pass up the chance to have a professional photographer do the work for free. The only stipulation was that he had to dress up.) He's extraordinarily tall and broad, and with a wig (because he keeps his hair buzzcut; if he'd had time to grow it out, it would have worked without a wig) and a beard, he was Hagrid. The little kids were more excited to see him than anyone else (and we had some good costumes).
I'm rambling. Yay, Hagrid! I think it's time for bed.
And then I got Richard B. Riddick / Chris Larabee. Who is Chris Larabee?
I think I'm going to spend far too much time refreshing this page. I love pairing generators, period, even if they are evil. (
thestalkycop's generator for The Mighty Ducks dragged me into a fandom I swore I'd never join, and even just four little stories is joining, in my mind at least.)Faith / Mystique. Now that one, that one has potential. I was just reading one of the Mystique graphic novels at work today, during my break, and thinking about what an interesting character she is, and how I really should go seek out Mystique fanfic, because so far, I've not seen any. And now I want Faith/Mystique stories, with lots of guns. Not necessarily used on each other, but there, in the background. Phew.
~~*
Back in June,
iibnf wrote about Hagrid as a character and refuted some of the arguments against him, and all her thoughts are interesting and just wonderful to read, but one part struck me in particular.In response to the flames she's gotten, about writing Hagrid slash, she said: One
There is no canon evidence that he is. In book one he’s described as twice as tall, and five times as wide as a ‘normal’ person. In book three he’s twice as tall and three times as wide as a ‘normal’ person. In book five, he’s four foot taller than a ‘normal’ person. He shrinks considerably as Harry grows.
He’s described as having heavily muscled arms. He does a lot of heavy, manual labour. If anything, if he’s ‘wide’ it’s because he works all the time.
At no point is he described as fat.
Two
So what if he is fat? Fat people fall in love, and lust, and fuck, get married (if allowed), have babies (if they want), and have full lives. No amount of prejudice or discrimination is going to stop that. No amount of prejudice is going to make a fat person any more or less attractive. I, personally, don’t care. I find big men attractive if they have a good personality. I find thin men attractive if they have a good personality. To me, physical attraction follows behind my initial interest.
And dude. That's so true, and I was so excited to see it there that all logical and intellectual responses to the post flew right out of my head, and all I could do was scream like a little fangirl. (Of course, I did this only within my own thoughts, so my neighbors don't hate me. If we actually have neighbors at this point; I think most of the other people living on the first floor moved out last week.)
J, my boy, is Hagrid. No, really, I've got pictures, from the OotP release party at work. (J so graciously agreed to come in and be the photographer at the bookstore where I work, because I was face painting, and no one else is any good at photography. They couldn't pass up the chance to have a professional photographer do the work for free. The only stipulation was that he had to dress up.) He's extraordinarily tall and broad, and with a wig (because he keeps his hair buzzcut; if he'd had time to grow it out, it would have worked without a wig) and a beard, he was Hagrid. The little kids were more excited to see him than anyone else (and we had some good costumes).
I'm rambling. Yay, Hagrid! I think it's time for bed.