Porn against character bashing, terrorism in Norway, homo babies, WTF?

[misscam]

Porn against character bashing!

Or some such. Character bashing makes Cam sad. And by that I don't mean character dislike, which is a different matter. You like what you like and dislike what you dislike, and indeed feel indifference often as well. Fair enough. But when dislike turns to vicious hatred and spending fanfic after fanfic (or other written media) subjecting the object of your dislike to humiliation and degration, maybe it's time to have a drink and get some sanity.

(Also, how you feel about the character, not how the other characters feel or other fans. It's not that hard to get, now is it? You might hate Sara/Catherine/Rose/Reinette/Meredith/Addison/Arwen etc, but that doesn't mean they're not liked at all by anybody ever. And it is possible to like a character and not want to her him/her. Similarly, it is possible to dislike someone without being OMG!jealous. Also, why are we hating on women so? Not pretty.)

Richard Hammond has asked charity be given instead of flowers and people seem to follow this. Aww. Sometimes, people are awesome.

Sometimes, people are not.

Terror suspects held in Norway. I read and boggle and shake my head. I mean, the American embassy is ugly as fuck, but it's moving soon enough, so fight back that irrational urge to flatten the eyesore.

I joke, of course. Because the thought of anyone planning terrorist attacks in Norway is surreal as fuck and I'm not sure how to react. (I'm almost inclined to believe the "loose talk" too. Odin knows I say I lot of shit that would qualify as "loose talk".) I mean, this is Norway. Decades pass between each time a police officer gets killed on duty here. We don't have the death penalty. We don't even have life in prison.

Then again, we thought we were all safe before WW2 and the Germans came invading then. I suppose you can never know. But still, terrorism just feels like something that would never happen here. Fingers crossed for it staying so.

Finally, there be wank over homosexuality and its causes.

Until science can figure out how to MAKE a homo baby, or negate homosexuality into hetero with genetic manipulation, I'd put the 'homo gene' on the back burner of junk science with a political spin. It's like evolution... a convenient theory, but no solid proof of what happened. Just a great hope that the theory IS the reality.

Hi. You're dumb. Please to be understanding how science work, mmkay?

I so need a Bailey "bitch, please" icon. She has the best expressions.

In other news:
Italian gays fight the Vatican for increased tolerance
Spam operation gets investigated
Australia hit by early bushfires
US report claims Iraq war increases terrorism
Penis food!

Comments

[starsong24.livejournal.com]

The penis food...makes a really disturbing read.

[oh-medicate-me.livejournal.com]

My personal theory about *female* character bashing is jealousy. If you note carefully, the characters most people "hate" are the ones who are

A) Young.
B) Have close connections with attractive/fangirled male characters.
C) Are either particularly attractive or important characters.

Case in point: Hermione, Ginny, Cho, Sara, Natalia, Cameron, Rose, Arwen.

All of them are young, have either had relationships with main male characters (or are close to them) and are important or conventionally attractive.

Then again, this is me and my nutjob theories, so who knows the real reason? (But you mark my words, when Nick's girlfriend appears on the next season of CSI, a bazillion fangirls will dissect her and deem her to be a "crappy" character.)

Ps. That penis restaurant is scary as hell.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

You forgot D) Get in the way of a (percieved) OTP.

It's not always themselves they are jealous for (excepting those who identify with a female character a little too much)

[avari-elf.livejournal.com]

About Norway, without wanting to sound all gloom & doom, I wouldn't be too optimistic about it never being a target for terrorism. 'Cos I'm sure there are some things about the "Norwegian way of life" that must piss off extremsists somewhere. And after all, I guess the Spanish were surprised too in 2004.

As for gay Italians: incurable optimists, if they think they're going to get a more tolerant Vatican. Why, next thing you know, women will ask to be treated equally and be ordained priests! The nerve!
But yeah, Italy also legalized divorce and abortion, so it proves that the Vatican may think and what the Italian may want don't always coincide, thankfully.

Aah, wank over the causes of homosexuality... I'm hated by everybody, as I think it's a mix of nature and culture. *raises shield*

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I'm hated by everybody, as I think it's a mix of nature and culture.

Considering that, according to my lecturers, personality is about a 50-50 mix of genetics and experience, I wouldn't be surprised by this at all.

[falena]

Yes, the Vatican has been pressuring every bloody government, holding back any kind of reform towards civil marriage rights for gay people. Always has. Nothing new under the sun.

I couldn't disagree more with the Church on this matter, yet what really pisses me off are our politicians. As far as I know Italy is a democracy, not a theocracy, so they should let the Pope - or any other religious leader for that matter - talk all he wants while they do whatever is in the citizens' best interest. Like, protecting and extending their civil rights.

On a very different note...Tu quoque BBC? The Italian quote at the end of the page is horribly misspelt. *sigh*

Psst, I think you linked to the Norwegian version of the Aftenposten article.

The penis food article...I couldn't read it through. It made me very uneasy.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Not helping the appetite?

[sarie-gamgee.livejournal.com]

As an Spaniard, I can confirm we were shocked and surprised by the Madrid train bombings. But then, and knowing little about Norwegian politics (so I may be mistaken), I'd say Norway doesn't have one of Bush's best friends as their (now former) prime minister. Did the Norwegian government support the invasion of Iraq? I can't recall now...

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Actually, some of the most rabid Sara haters I know are in their 30s or above, interestingly enough. Though some of those could fall in under D), as drak mentioned below.

There are probably a few reasons at work, really. But it is interesting that it so often gets directed to females. With exceptions. (See Ron, Harmoanian treatment of.)

*eats*

[oh-medicate-me.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, true. And that's probably even more odd than the personal jealousy.

And yay, you're a fellow Aussie and psych student!

*waves*

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Sure, we have legalized gay marriage and go about our merry secular ways, but... There are better targets for that, you know? Denmark and Sweden are quite alike to us, but with a bigger population and thus bigger impact. We are very, very small, after all.

But of course, nothing's ever safe. Interestingly enough, they did a recent poll on how Norwegians and Norwegian muslims felt about the terror threat to Norway. 90% of muslims felt Norway was not a terrorist target. I forget the Norwegian number, but it wasn't that high at all.

Heh. I don't know what the cause is and I'm on the fence, but I do think there are possibilities for variation, you know? Not everyone is exclusively heterosexual or exclusively homosexual, while some are, so different factors may lead to different degrees. Much research to be done still. But that it also pops up in nature is to me a strong argument genetic or hormonal factors do play in.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

No, we did not.

The American ambassador even threatened us over it.

[avari-elf.livejournal.com]

France was opposed to the invasion of Iraq, and we still get lovely videos of Al-Qaeda telling us how we're horrible miscreants who deserve to burn in Hell, and they'll make sure to provide a means of transportation there.

There's no pleasing some people, I tell you.

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

Ron doesn't fare much better amongst the Snape/Hermione contingent, either.

Poor Ron. C'mere, I'll kiss it better.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Not to mention the Vatican = not Italy. They are their own wee state last I looked. Which means they can fuck off from Italian affairs. Bzzt, next.

(Besides, gay rights will in fact not make Satan smite your country. In fact, it doesn't change much at all.)

Gah. Link is fixed now.

[oh-medicate-me.livejournal.com]

Really? Well you'd be forgiven for thinking they were fourteen year olds, considering how they go on about the age difference between her and Grissom.

And yeah, I wonder what directs the hatred towards female characters instead of males? Another thing I've noticed is that a lot of the hate comes from slashers (which then seems to generalise to all het.)

And poor Ron. He just can't win, can he?

[avari-elf.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I'm not the only one. I'm no scientist but, apart from what you say about personality, the fact something as central to our lives as choice of sexual partners would be entirely 100% dominated by the genetic lottery is a rather repulsive notion to me.

Your icon is made of awesome, btw. ;)

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

The penis food was rather memorable, I must say. My favourite bit was the journo walking the fine line between offending his host or eating something gross.

How's work?

[sarie-gamgee.livejournal.com]

*rolls eyes*

The Spanish socialist government was threatened as well, when they decided to withdraw all Spanish troops from Iraq.

[falena]

Not to mention the Vatican = not Italy.

I wonder what part of the equation is so difficult to grasp.
Something I forgot to add in my comment...Who is Bailey, pray tell?

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

It'd be a bit worrisome that something so... seemingly individual was wholy down to genetics, yes. I mean, considering that there is evidence of homosexuality in animals indicates it isn't solely upbringing, but life experience does play a big part in our way of thinking. It comes down to individual differences, I suppose - which is why some people are aware of their own homosexual preferences very early on in life, and some don't figure it out for years.

People's minds are complicated, trust me on this one. *continues ignoring the reading she really ought to be doing for Psych*

Fandom_wank wins at icons.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

People seem to get awfully worked up about ships. Particularly in fandoms in which shipping is far from the central point.

We are a strange and unusual species... *waves back*

[sarie-gamgee.livejournal.com]

Were those threads based on the new law on secularity and against wearing religious symbols in school? Becausewe got a couple of those lovely videos as well after the Spanish government suggested they could approve a similar law.

After the Pope's infamous speech I suspect we might be threatened again, anyway.

[moyawyvern.livejournal.com]

Reading that penis food link made me very glad that I had not eaten breakfast yet. It might have come back to say hello again. As for the food, I think I will stick to my regular Chinese food, as I don't think they serve reproductive organs, a fact that I am very happy about.

[freezer818.livejournal.com]

I so need a Bailey "bitch, please" icon. She has the best expressions.

Would "The Match Game" be a reasonable substitute?