Hee. I try not to get defensive about the emo thing anymore, since MCR doesn't really care, but my innate desire to correct people who are WRONG always comes out anyway. It's funny how little it applies to any of the bandom bands anymore, especially Panic, no matter what random definition of the word you're using. Though Gerard recently did declare himself "the Sheriff of Emotown," which makes me giggle.
I get really annoyed if a sexswapped character changes pronouns. Pete or Spencer or whoever (I think I can come up with a sexswap story about just about everyone in bandom, how awesome is that?) is still a dude, that's still how they identify--if it's not then you're telling a completely different story. How other people in the story refer to them might be a little flexible, but I'd expect at least some of them to be pissed if their bandmates or whoever started using female pronouns for them, since their gender is still male.
And it never really confuses me anymore, but that's probably because I have read a hell of a lot of this stuff. And I'd much rather be mildly confused than have to stop reading porn because someone has made me think that they have bad gender politics. I think most people who will actually read sexswap feel the same way.
Relatedly, I want boy!Alicia/girl!Mikey porn.
I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOUR COMIC. I CANNOT WAIT. ALSO, &AVATAR; Too soon to write Spoiler/Spoiler prison sex/hc/revenge plotting?
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Date: 2008-05-15 02:39 pm (UTC)I get really annoyed if a sexswapped character changes pronouns. Pete or Spencer or whoever (I think I can come up with a sexswap story about just about everyone in bandom, how awesome is that?) is still a dude, that's still how they identify--if it's not then you're telling a completely different story. How other people in the story refer to them might be a little flexible, but I'd expect at least some of them to be pissed if their bandmates or whoever started using female pronouns for them, since their gender is still male.
And it never really confuses me anymore, but that's probably because I have read a hell of a lot of this stuff. And I'd much rather be mildly confused than have to stop reading porn because someone has made me think that they have bad gender politics. I think most people who will actually read sexswap feel the same way.
Relatedly, I want boy!Alicia/girl!Mikey porn.
I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOUR COMIC. I CANNOT WAIT. ALSO, &AVATAR; Too soon to write Spoiler/Spoiler prison sex/hc/revenge plotting?