So you may be wondering what the arse the criteria are that I’m picking my mansub poster boys on. It’s a bit of a misnomer, perhaps. It might be more accurate to call them ‘Men that take my fancy’. Really, I suppose, they’re just guys that for one reason of another have caused the ears [...]
Archive for the ‘Mansub poster boy of the day’ Category
Mansub poster boy of the day – Alex Krycek
Posted in Desperation, Mansub poster boy of the day on December 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Mansub poster boy of the day: Johnny Castle
Posted in Desperation, Mansub poster boy of the day, Men in emotional pain, sordid on November 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Another boy from the wrong side of the tracks relying on his body to make a living. Dancing is Johnny’s only marketable skill, and he’s poorly paid even for that. He depends on the ‘generosity’ of wealthy, powerful older women, who only want him for his body, paying him to dance with them, and sometimes [...]
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 [...]
More Wolverine… or not
Posted in Mansub poster boy of the day, tagged Mansub poster boy of the day on November 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As Ranat mentioned a particularly nice Wolverine moment, I thought I’d go and dig it out. And then I noticed the bit afterwards, where he brings Rogue back by letting her suck the life out of him. All really good evidence of BJ’s assertion that heroism and masochism are close colleagues. So many heroes seem [...]
Pain, shame and degradation part 2
Posted in Desperation, Fighting for money, Mansub poster boy of the day, Men in emotional pain, sordid, tagged Fighting for money, Mansub poster boy of the day, Men in emotional pain, sordid on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m really not a big fan of Ben McKenzie. He’s the least convincing boy-from-the-wrong-side-of-the-tracks ever. But I am a big fan of emotionally tortured men going cage fighting in a vain attempt to get a moment’s respite from their pain.
Here’s why I got sucked into the OC. I turned on the tv one day and [...]
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 [...]
Men in (emotional) pain
Posted in Mansub poster boy of the day, Men in emotional pain, tagged Mansub poster boy of the day, Men in emotional pain on November 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
As I was talking about devoted, love-struck apprentices in the last post, and it reminded me of Hero. I loved Hero. I’m a big fan of the seriously beautiful Tony Leung, who always does very delicious emotional distress. Loved his guilt-ridden assassin in Hard Boiled. Mmm, shame. Must write about that some time. Where was [...]
