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ledbythewind) wrote2013-03-06 09:43 pm
ledbythewind) wrote2013-03-06 09:43 pm
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[Ah, Valentine's Day. The one experiment a year Richard hates most, for a variety of reasons. Granted, this year wasn't TOO terrible, as he was spared the unfortunate fate of falling in love with anyone under the effects of the experiment... but that didn't stop other people from from falling in love/lust with HIM, much to his dismay. And that's left him with many things to think about, as have some of the reactions to the experiment that he's seen from other people. Which leads him to ponder...]
Indulge my curiosity: what sorts of things are considered traditionally "masculine" where you come from?
[A bit later on, Richard will head out of the house on a shopping trip to All Passions and the item store, where he can be found looking for a new wardrobe and a few other things, probably as a result of some of the answers he received to his question. After picking out a bunch of things to take home with him, he chooses something new to wear home as well: cargo pants, combat boots, and a leather motorcycle jacket, because all of those things are super-masculine, right? Alas, on someone with the approximate build of a toothpick and delicate features like Richard has, the end result is a bit ridiculous, but don't tell him that. (Or do, your choice.) He can't quite bring himself to cut his hair - he's still far too proud of it - so instead he opts to pull it back into a ponytail.
There. Much better, in his eyes. Now the question is, what will his friends and housemates think of this?]
Indulge my curiosity: what sorts of things are considered traditionally "masculine" where you come from?
[A bit later on, Richard will head out of the house on a shopping trip to All Passions and the item store, where he can be found looking for a new wardrobe and a few other things, probably as a result of some of the answers he received to his question. After picking out a bunch of things to take home with him, he chooses something new to wear home as well: cargo pants, combat boots, and a leather motorcycle jacket, because all of those things are super-masculine, right? Alas, on someone with the approximate build of a toothpick and delicate features like Richard has, the end result is a bit ridiculous, but don't tell him that. (Or do, your choice.) He can't quite bring himself to cut his hair - he's still far too proud of it - so instead he opts to pull it back into a ponytail.
There. Much better, in his eyes. Now the question is, what will his friends and housemates think of this?]
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[WOW, RUDE. Although the yelling part was far ruder; that kind of hurt his ears.]
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Richard no.
Why.
When you get back to the house, Isamu is just going to stare, half-eaten sandwich in one hand, mouth full.
He will continue to stare, face deadpan, until provided with an answer for this ridiculousness.]
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What do you think?
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[Can you tell by her tone that she is not one of those women?]
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[Sadly he's actually taking this 100% seriously so far.]
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Of course, there's also orc-bothering. That's the most masculine of all activities.
And all activities must be done whilst wearing an ostentatious, glittery hat.
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[Because he's pretty sure that bothering those things would be a rather dangerous pastime.]
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Why don't you start by telling us what's considered masculine where you're from first?
[Can't be that different from what most people thought, could it?]
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[Which is something that he still believes he fails at.]
Aside from those, I would say drinking and cursing tend not to be approved of by most women.
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Why are you asking, anyway?
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Let's just say that Valentine's Day left me wondering what people from other worlds find attractive in men.
[It's a half truth. He does want to know what people consider to be masculine and attractive in other worlds, but it's not because he wants to know what GUYS like.]
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[CAN'T PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEASE HIS BRO.]
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[Yeah he's getting used to some definitions of masculinity where he came from.]
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[That's a new one to him. He's never heard of a world where they WEREN'T.]
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Derek's seen some pretty off the wall things in this place, but he's never...just...
Really? Dude. Just...no, dude.]
...Never really thought about it. Guess it depends on what you're trying to accomplish, or who you're trying to impress. Other than that? If you got the equipment, that's about all you need.
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[That's a bit of a surprise to him. As far as he knows, there's usually at least SOMETHING to differentiate the two.]
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Slaying a dragon. [A beat.] A bad dragon.
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As opposed to a good dragon?
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[Disclaimer: This answer comes from a character originally drawn by Yoshitaka Amano. Manliness criteria may not apply to other worlds.]
Why do you ask?
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[See, he can totally identify with the color matching part. That's so his thing too.]
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Hello, Richard!
[...Is there something a little different about him today? She isn't quite sure.]
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Hello, Grune. It's been a while-- how have you been?
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Muscular, tanned, plays a lot of sport. But sports like Rugby, or football, not sports like... I dunno... figure skating. And drinking. Drinking alcohol is meant to be pretty masculine. Beer or lager usually.
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[It sounds like something tough and manly just from the name, though.]
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[ although, in a way, the idea is almost funny.. but mostly just weird. ]
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[SOME WORLDS ARE JUST WEIRD, OKAY.]
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[What, she's eleven. And her first childhood crush is this dude. Not exactly the picture of manliness.]
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Monster trucks?
[Given that his world has actual monsters, the mental image he is getting right now is a rather amusing one.]
video + drawing;
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video; i am the latest of all late people sobs
video; no worries!
video; \o/
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In the superficial looks sense, or where it really counts?
[... too late.]
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[HE LIKES YOUR ANSWER, LAW. And yes, his brain did go straight to the gutter.]
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[That's... an interesting one.]
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...Did you lose a bet with Isamu, Richard?
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What makes you say that?
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[Because modern Japanese society's view of masculinity and what demons see as masculine are...distinctive from each other.]
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[After all, he wants to hear opinions from different worlds.]
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[There's not really any set divide between men and women where he's from. Survival is more important to them than any forced different in gender. Women went in the mines with the men, both sexes were Peacekeepers if they so chose to be. And all the children were required to - from 12 to 18 - offer themselves up to be slaughtered.]
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[As he knows all too well.]
In other words, masculinity is usually associated with strength and power rather than with less physical aspects.
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Does it matter? Only a fool chases something that has only to do with appearances rather than true strength.
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And last Shift, Robert found himself attracted to the feminine and masculine physical extremes that would be so strange (almost fetishistic) on Terra. So this question piques on multiple levels.]
Physical t-traits that are... c-commonly considered masculine in nature are those... a-associated with androgen-induced body p-patterns. Typically, such a-aesthetics include darker and m-more prevalent androgenic hair, more prominence of the jaw and l-larynx, broader shoulders, and somewhat-increased m-muscle mass...
[... Of course, Robert's answer is entirely biological in nature.]
It would s-seem that... the overall definition of... 'm-masculine' bodies on Terra differs substantially from that of... the other bodies I see here, in L-Luceti... I am not c-certain, however, as to why...
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But jaw prominence, broad shoulders, and increased muscle mass are all things that he does understand... and things he doesn't exactly possess himself. Well, perhaps slightly on the jaw, but definitely not on the rest.]
Interesting... what would be defined as a "masculine" body on Terra, then?
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/FASHIONABLY LATE
...Richard....
The faces he's making right now, good grief.]
Why do you want to know about being masculine?
AWW YEAH
Some of the things people said during Valentine's left me curious, that's all.
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