So, I fell off the face of the planet. Can’t promise not to do it again. I’m still struggling with this stuff, and still can’t face going out to try and actually interact with it. It’s not even the thing itself that worries me at this point, it’s the thought of The Scene. I actually [...]
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Heroes
Posted in Coolness, Desperation, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Mainstream sadism & dominance, Pretty young men, Violence and physicality on September 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
If only she’d kick him a little harder
Posted in Mainstream sadism & dominance on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After the fun of watching NSync being chased by dogs, pop served me up another little morsel this morning. I turned on the tv to find Britney shoving some hot guy around. Thank you, Britney.
Now sure, it starts slow* (I came in about 2.38, when things are moving a bit more**), and there’s an awful [...]
Squee, and beautiful men kissing
Posted in Boy-on-boy action, Desperation, Mainstream sadism & dominance, Pretty young men on December 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
You’ll have to forgive me, I really am in fangirl mode at the moment – I just saw the HBP trailers the other day, and the new Harry/Draco promo shots which are spawning a new wave of fanart, and I’ll all overcome with slashy joy.
Geek pride, my friends.
HBP was so great for H/D shippers. Plus, [...]
Suffering hero(in)es
Posted in Heroism and masochism, Mainstream sadism & dominance on December 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So I was in the shower thinking about heroism and submission and masochism and the like, as you do, and the thought occurred to me that it’s not just our heroes who suffer, but our heroines, too. We have our Atlases and Prometheuses and Odins and Jack Bauers and Wolverines. But we also have Psyche, [...]
Masochistic mansub poster boy of the day: Major Richard Sharpe
Posted in Fighting for money, Heroism and masochism, Mainstream sadism & dominance, Mansub poster boy of the day, sordid, tagged Fighting for money, heroism and masochsim, Mansub poster boy of the day, sordid on November 20, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Richard Sharpe is a big, tough, rough-and-tumble, suffering (half anti-) hero. He’s been constantly crapped on since day one. His mother was a whore, he grew up in an orphanage, and joined the army (his body being his only means of making a living, and we know how I feel about that) hoping to die [...]
Hurt/Comfort: where are the lines?
Posted in Heroism and masochism, Hurt/Comfort, Mainstream sadism & dominance, tagged Hurt/Comfort on November 20, 2008 | 6 Comments »
You know, h/c is such a popular genre of fanfic (and not just the slashy variety) that perhaps we can conclude that mild sadism is actually very common in women. H/c is the socially acceptable face of sadism: the variety where we’re not the ones doing the hurting. Is that social rule the only thing [...]
Pain, shame, and degradation
Posted in Desperation, Fighting for money, Heroism and masochism, Mainstream sadism & dominance, Mansub poster boy of the day, Men who fight back, sordid, tagged Fighting for money, Heroism and masochism, Mainstream sadism & dominance, Mansub poster boy of the day, Men who fight back, sordid on November 9, 2008 | 17 Comments »
One of my favourite men-in-pain is Wolverine. ‘Does it hurt?’ ‘Every time.’ Plus, you know, he was a test subject for a mad scientist, locked up, tied down, all manner of horrible things done to his body. He’s practically a mansub poster boy. Then there’s the whole unrequited love thing.
So, I [...]
