This conversation is fascinating, yet I'm somehow how stuck on BOYS and BULLWHIP.
Mrph.
I am not having sex with Spike! But I'm starting to think that you might be.
Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'
Supernatural 2: Why is it our job to save everybody?
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Amy - Mar 23, 2010 12:13:34 pm PDT #6214 of 30002
Because books.
Atropa - Mar 23, 2010 12:17:42 pm PDT #6215 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh, don't I wish, Toddson. But when Pete, the StuntHusband, AND my parents all say NO FIRE FOR YOU, there isn't really much I can do to get around it. Even tho' one of those "dragonfire" flamethrowers for weeding and gardening purposes would be verrrry useful with our yard ...
§ ita § - Mar 23, 2010 12:35:35 pm PDT #6216 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Take this and put a whip in instead?
I'm still not sure why, but my brain is plenty happy trying to make shit up.
Amy - Mar 23, 2010 12:38:32 pm PDT #6217 of 30002
Because books.
I like your brain.
Liese S. - Mar 23, 2010 12:48:44 pm PDT #6218 of 30002
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Hee, so I totally lurk in this thread, but you are all talking weaponry! So I have to pipe up to say that in April I'm going to this Becoming an Outdoorswoman thing, which is totally like camp for grownups. I can learn stuff like orienteering and still water paddling. BUT I have also signed up for basic firearm instruction and shotgun and archery! I cannot wait. I'm particularly excited because it's in the context of women, so I can learn gun stuff without having to deal with the testosterone issues. I won't know until later which classes I got into, but I will be happy with any of the many things I signed up for.
§ ita § - Mar 23, 2010 12:53:40 pm PDT #6219 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can learn gun stuff without having to deal with the testosterone issues
That was my shotgun class. Fuckers. The guy I went with sent me back upstairs to dress less feminine, and I was treated like a glass princess at the course. As a woman in IT and the martial arts, it was hands down the most sexist treatment I've ever received. I was a brave little kitten, I was, for picking up a skeery shotgun. They recommended I try rifles instead. I guess they're more femme.
I complained enough about it (and got backup from the guy who thought I'd initially dressed too girly in the first place) that I got a free pass for another class, but why would I want to go back to that same school?
Amy - Mar 23, 2010 1:20:30 pm PDT #6220 of 30002
Because books.
That sounds awesome, Liese.
ita, that ... does not. Fuckers.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 23, 2010 1:29:51 pm PDT #6221 of 30002
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!
They recommended I try rifles instead. I guess they're more femme.
Femme doesn't send the home invaders running when they hear you chamber the shells.
Amy - Mar 23, 2010 1:38:17 pm PDT #6222 of 30002
Because books.
The only gun I can think of remotely femme would be a little silver derringer that fits in a reticule. And still, lethal.
Stupid guys.
An all-female auto shop and an all-female shooting range would be cool to open. Oh, and an all-female construction team. Just because.
§ ita § - Mar 23, 2010 1:56:30 pm PDT #6223 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I blister at the idea of all-female just about anythings, even as I understand why they exist. I'd like to think that maybe one guy looked at me that day and said "Huh. Not what I expected from a chick." and maybe that's enough, annoying as most of them were. I will continue to do those things in mixed company and leave the single gender spaces for people who need it more. I went to all girls schools from ages 11-18. I'm done with that now. I don't need a safe space, and will take a few bruises to show people who're being close-minded that you don't need testicles to have cojones.