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Craw (Stuck)
Jun. 7th, 2008 10:26 pm
http://community.livejournal.com/fanficrants/6862529.html
I don't...This post made me think. Not really flattering, but I'm not actually angry, either, and not bashing Christ or Mormons or alchemy, or any other "religious ideal" mentioned in this post.
(I'm Protestant, actually. And deeply convinced that unless you're writing Bible fic--HOW COOL WOULD THAT SHIT BE? NINEVEH ORGY SCENE FOLLOWED BY THEIR TOWERING DOOM, FILM AT ELEVEN I'm actually being completely serious, for honest!--God does not belong in fandom. There is one exception to this rule, and he wears a cool coat. XD)
( So, the character's ideals = your morals = conversion fic only plskthx? )
I think, maybe, I'm standing on my head here trying to look at this and not just *boggle*...I want to understand. I don't want to agree, because I don't agree, but if I could at least get what exactly the froth is about...
WHY is it so important to you that sex, specifically, be the thing that their ideals ARE SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN.
I mean, that's not difficult. A lot of things are more important than sex! Like oxygen.
My degree is more important to me than sex.
But it sounds like that still isn't good enough. No, it needs to be their religious ideals specifically, or, in the light of this post and possibly the thinking of its OP, that isn't impressive enough.
I just...what?
And, to borrow your "oh it's not just religion, there's also patriotism!" line of inquiry...
I would like to posit that dying for your country and dying of blueballs for your country are not the same thing, nor should they be confounded, conflated, confused, or in any other fashion mixed together. That way lies Top Gun. XD
( Personally? With Fullmetal example! )
And the thing about the other thing? Just. Fuck that. It's bullshit. I'm glad "some characters" work that way; people don't.
I don't...This post made me think. Not really flattering, but I'm not actually angry, either, and not bashing Christ or Mormons or alchemy, or any other "religious ideal" mentioned in this post.
(I'm Protestant, actually. And deeply convinced that unless you're writing Bible fic--HOW COOL WOULD THAT SHIT BE? NINEVEH ORGY SCENE FOLLOWED BY THEIR TOWERING DOOM, FILM AT ELEVEN I'm actually being completely serious, for honest!--God does not belong in fandom. There is one exception to this rule, and he wears a cool coat. XD)
( So, the character's ideals = your morals = conversion fic only plskthx? )
I think, maybe, I'm standing on my head here trying to look at this and not just *boggle*...I want to understand. I don't want to agree, because I don't agree, but if I could at least get what exactly the froth is about...
WHY is it so important to you that sex, specifically, be the thing that their ideals ARE SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN.
I mean, that's not difficult. A lot of things are more important than sex! Like oxygen.
My degree is more important to me than sex.
But it sounds like that still isn't good enough. No, it needs to be their religious ideals specifically, or, in the light of this post and possibly the thinking of its OP, that isn't impressive enough.
I just...what?
And, to borrow your "oh it's not just religion, there's also patriotism!" line of inquiry...
I would like to posit that dying for your country and dying of blueballs for your country are not the same thing, nor should they be confounded, conflated, confused, or in any other fashion mixed together. That way lies Top Gun. XD
( Personally? With Fullmetal example! )
And the thing about the other thing? Just. Fuck that. It's bullshit. I'm glad "some characters" work that way; people don't.
