Sweetheart

[tripperfunster]

I just ... meh.

I just read a fic that was pretty okay. Manly men doing manly things with each other *wink wink* but just after coitus, one man called the other one 'sweetheart'.

Now, men are capable of a full range of emotions, and can certainly have silly pet names for each other, but it really comes off as 'abrupt needle scraping over record' when one burly (superhero/potions master/grisled doctor) calls his male lover 'sweetie/honey/lover/baby.'

Actually, I guess my actual problem with it is that BIG BURLY MEN can do that, but I KNOW THESE CHARACTERS! These specific characters wouldn't call each other that. (at least not in my head canon.)

I'm certainly not saying that people can't write what they like, I'm just saying that they shouldn't post it publically where I have to read it that it takes me out of the fic when I see it.

While I'm at it: Photomanipulation is not art!

Is it fun to make? Yes!
Does it take something original and change it to something new and different? Yes!
Is it difficult? Yes!
Does it take a long time to do it properly? Yes!

Is it art? NO!

Why is the cut-tag for it art? I am always sorely disappointed when I click on something titled 'art' and it's a photomanip. I just wish it would be called exactly that, and then I could choose to click or not. Maybe I should have a full-on hissy and post that photomanips are triggery for me? ;)

Tell me flist, what pisses you off? What do you get excited about that just ends in disappointment? SHARE MY BITCHINESS AND VALIDATE ME!

Comments

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I would rather go the entire fic without hearing the guys say "I love you," because it's the rare author who can pull it off and not make me wince in embarrassment at how forced it seems.

I will defend to the death the idea that photomanipulation is a form of art but that does not mean I LIKE it. ^_^ It can hit my "Ew" buttons pretty strongly.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

I"m not really saying it isn't a FORM of art, but so are dancing and singing, and when I click on a link that says ART, I am expecting something drawn by hand, not dancing, singing or photomanips.

People can make and like what they want, I would just appreciate a different label so that I can avoid it at all costs.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Heh, now I'm imagining the furor if people start putting out labels: "Trigger warining: PHOTOMANIP".