No, not really--we do recognize such a think as OOC writing in fanfic, we do acknowledge that there's such a thing as twisting a character too far to fit a kink or plot, rather than building the plot around the character. Characterization isn't infinately fluid, not if it wants to stand by any sort of standard of believability.
So, if this is a story about two horndogs who blithely cast off the emotional trauma of being changed into women and fuck for the sake of fucking, I'm going to find this story less engaging and less real, and I'm going to be less impressed with the treatment of the tropes and find this story less successful both as a story and as an inversion of fanon. Keeping it real is what makes it work, you know? Just as Helen's recreation of the all Dom/sub world was more real and worked so well as a twister of the trope. Disregarding the emotional effects of what they're going through and saying "they're straight guys, all they care about is sex, anyway," makes it less real and less workable on several levels. So, no, I don't agree that, in the context of what makes this story work, an interpretation of 'feelings don't matter' is as real and workable as that their feelings do matter, because, really, they would. Seriously, don't you think they would? Given the situation and the people involved? From a logical standpoint, I mean.
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Re: *is tracking conversation*
Date: 2007-04-12 12:03 am (UTC)So, if this is a story about two horndogs who blithely cast off the emotional trauma of being changed into women and fuck for the sake of fucking, I'm going to find this story less engaging and less real, and I'm going to be less impressed with the treatment of the tropes and find this story less successful both as a story and as an inversion of fanon. Keeping it real is what makes it work, you know? Just as Helen's recreation of the all Dom/sub world was more real and worked so well as a twister of the trope. Disregarding the emotional effects of what they're going through and saying "they're straight guys, all they care about is sex, anyway," makes it less real and less workable on several levels. So, no, I don't agree that, in the context of what makes this story work, an interpretation of 'feelings don't matter' is as real and workable as that their feelings do matter, because, really, they would. Seriously, don't you think they would? Given the situation and the people involved? From a logical standpoint, I mean.