This blessed plot (Look Ma, I got PLOT!)

[marnanightingale]

So one of the things that comes up in discussions of slash is characters being "written as teenaged girls."

Assuming for the moment that it's a fair cop...

I don't understand why writing teenaged girls is so damn popular. I do not.

I cannot WAIT for this heavily-armed hormone-crazed pack of wild-eyed youngsters I have running England right now to grow the hell up a bit.

Teenaged girls are Haaaaaaaad!

THE SAVOY BURNED BURNED BURNED and WE'RE THE ONES THAT DID IT!

Words: 12 007.

Many many mean things.

Still no sex. Sex soon.

Debt to angevin2: Incalculable, comme toujours.

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[angevin2.livejournal.com]

Debt to angevin2: Incalculable, comme toujours.

*blushes* Believe me, it's a pleasure, really!

[aris-tgd.livejournal.com]

*eyes current project* Wow, uh, in my current story that's basically 100% accurate. Chase is a teenaged girl. Going through puberty.

That's disturbing for all sorts of reasons.

[(Anonymous)]

Marna: So one of the things that comes up in discussions of slash is characters being "written as teenaged girls."

Assuming for the moment that it's a fair cop...

I don't understand why writing teenaged girls is so damn popular. I do not.


Lois: Well, if my gender-formation-as-deletion theory is right, that would be the stage of life at which the most vandalism occurred. So that's the stage at which the most psychic repair-reassembly-reintegration is due.

http://lists.herald.co.uk/pipermail/lois-bujold/2006-December/023849.html

for my theory, which is not bunnies, first draft.

Ta, L.

[commodorified.livejournal.com]

I like your theory! *makes it into a link for easier perusal*

I ought to have said, ideal vs real teenaged girls, see also "I'm getting old", see also "there came a time when I clearly understood just why Aragron might feel an overpowering desire to shake Eowyn until her teeth rattled for that stunt."

[dejla.livejournal.com]

At least it's not teen-aged boys, or all you'd be writing would be wet dreams and posturing.

[angevin2.livejournal.com]

Oh, there's plenty of that. It just doesn't happen to the POV characters. ;)

[commodorified.livejournal.com]

Hee, yes. Well, the posturing. Remind me that we need more posturing, willya?

[angevin2.livejournal.com]

Will do! ;)

[brashley46.livejournal.com]

Ah, this is where that came from!