Me (12:53:55 PM): okay, here's a question
Me (12:54:01 PM): why are there so many webcomics where men turn into women?
Jered (12:54:08 PM): are there?
Me (12:54:20 PM): why do guys want to be girls? do they think it's awesome to be marginalized?
Me (12:54:23 PM): they're all white guys, too
Jered (12:54:28 PM): must be because every web comic artist, or at least those responsible, are turned on by Ranma 1/2
Me (12:54:32 PM): maybe they just want to know what it's like to be a minority
Me (12:54:39 PM): hahaha
Me (12:54:48 PM): actually I'm sure the minority part doesn't even occur to them
Me (12:55:07 PM): when you're default, you think you can be anything, and the possible problems don't occur to you
Me (12:55:18 PM): the only problems these guys have with being girls is that they are no longer "manly"
Me (12:55:24 PM): and they get hit on, which is comic relief
Jered (12:55:30 PM): I always thought Ranma 1/2 was kinda sexy in some of the most absurd and disturbing ways possible.
Me (12:55:46 PM): there is one comic, Exiern, where they deal a little with prejudice and whatnot
Me (12:56:00 PM): but for the most part it's "hahaha that guy turned into a hot girl"
Me (12:56:07 PM): and they ALWAYS turn into hot girls, it's not just a girl
Jered (12:56:10 PM): lol
Me (12:56:34 PM): I want to see a webcomic where a guy turns into Daria
Jered (12:56:47 PM): I dunno if I can summon up the maturity level appropriate for this conversation
Me (12:57:06 PM): lol
I never realized I was so funny. Not to marginalize you, or anything! <3
ReplyDeleteNo no, you are quite hilarious!
ReplyDeleteStatistically women are the majority. And Daria is hot
ReplyDeleteNow, if only statistics could overcome millennia of tradition.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Daria is hot. But she certainly isn't hot in the way that most of these guys-turning-into-girls in webcomics are. They are "hot" in the more "traditional", blonde and big-boobied way.
The creators of Daria made it a point to show that she doesn't have much of a figure. That's why I used her as an example.
As a person, I'd take her over the gender-switchers any day.