Quote: Bob Schroeck said:Yeah, I had no idea it was going to get that bad. Sorry about that, Bob.
Guys. Off-topic in this thread. Spawn a new one -- and from the way the language is starting to escalate, maybe it ought to be in Politics.
Do it, or I lock the thread.
Personally, though, I'm hoping that we can all be grown up enough to keep it from going the way of the Political Forum.
That said, let me point out something here: I said nothing about Author-Avatars. My primary beef was in flopping genders for already established characters
who do not flop genders in canon. That said (and no offense meant), I could hardly care less if your alter-ego likes the idea of being a girl better -
that's your own set of issues to deal with and I'm not touching it with a ten foot pole. However, I'll probably enjoy your writing very much as
long as it's well done and happens to be among the fandoms I cater to.
I myself won't be writing such stories for my own alter-ego. I'm satisfied with my gender orientation and wouldn't even dream of changing it.
So, to restate the question: Why on Earth do people feel they need to change the geneder roles of characters that are already established as solidly male or
female? Thoughts, opinions, anecdotes, and even statistics and facts are welcome - just keep it mature and non-vitriolic.