LKH's obsession with men in french braids
I've never read her stuff, but had considered reading some of the early stuff. Now? NSM.
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ChiKat - Mar 22, 2006 2:04:55 pm PST #216 of 28061
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
§ ita § - Mar 22, 2006 2:08:06 pm PST #217 of 28061
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think I've ever seen a man with a french braid.
Maybe not a white guy, but I bet you've seen a picture of a rapper, say, with them.
ChiKat - Mar 22, 2006 2:11:19 pm PST #218 of 28061
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Just to verify, we're all talking about this, right?
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Because I have never seen a man with that kind of braid.
This kind?
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Yes, I have seen on men. But not french braids.
§ ita § - Mar 22, 2006 2:14:58 pm PST #219 of 28061
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've seen the first one on black men, but it's been two, not one.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 22, 2006 2:23:15 pm PST #220 of 28061
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I guess when you're a rich, immortal creature of the night that can hypnotize people, you never have to worry about anyone pointing at your hairstyle and laughing
JZ - Mar 22, 2006 2:23:23 pm PST #221 of 28061
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I've seen the first one, as Hec notes, all over the Ren Faire. Particularly among the Scotsmen. Away from Faire, I've only ever seen the second.
Connie Neil - Mar 22, 2006 3:31:30 pm PST #222 of 28061
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It's kind of telling that the emotionally healthiest character in the series is a porn-star/stripper werewolf.
Plus Jason will tell Anita off and she'll accept it.
From what I've seen on other boards, Richard represents LKH's husband from whom she had a nasty divorce. I'm not sure which of Anita's current harem is supposed to be her new guy.
JoeCrow - Mar 22, 2006 6:23:28 pm PST #223 of 28061
"what's left when you take biology and sociology out of the picture?" "An autistic hermaphodite." -Allyson
Back when I had long hair, I useta do the first one occasionally. More involved than I usually like to do, though. Now I'm just superlazy and keep my hair short so I don't have to bother with it.
So, yeah, there are a few freaks who occasionally do the french braid thing in public.
beth b - Mar 22, 2006 8:54:35 pm PST #224 of 28061
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I've seen it. There was one guy at a mall I used to work at - When his hair was braided it was down to his ass. and the braid was very thick . silver blond hair. and he was always in kakhi's and oxford cloth shirt. The mix of conventional with the not so conventional...Wait , what thread am I in?
DXMachina - Mar 23, 2006 3:26:30 am PST #225 of 28061
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Cabil wears his hair in a braid. [link]