I'm not going to lie; I'm a sucker for dress up scenes. I love costume porn, I love the idea that an ordinary person can turn heads with the right advice, I love people who indulge in their own enjoyment of their bodies and have fun just looking pretty. (This totally doesn't come from being a child who was made fun of for being ugly and not possibly having a hope in attracting anyone and was told she'd die alone). BUT this isn't that. This is the sort of story that would have appealed to me when I was that child, when I rejected and disdained femininity because it rejected me. The whole scene is just so... mean spirited. It's insulting to everyone who wants to be pretty and feminine, while still proving that Anita is BETTER THAN those stupid feminine women at their own game. Its been mentioned before, but LKH needs to mature past the mindset of a bullied child. Either admit that frills are awesome, or it shouldn't matter how unnaturally beautiful your character is.
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I love costume porn, I love the idea that an ordinary person can turn heads with the right advice, I love people who indulge in their own enjoyment of their bodies and have fun just looking pretty.
(This totally doesn't come from being a child who was made fun of for being ugly and not possibly having a hope in attracting anyone and was told she'd die alone).
BUT this isn't that. This is the sort of story that would have appealed to me when I was that child, when I rejected and disdained femininity because it rejected me. The whole scene is just so... mean spirited. It's insulting to everyone who wants to be pretty and feminine, while still proving that Anita is BETTER THAN those stupid feminine women at their own game.
Its been mentioned before, but LKH needs to mature past the mindset of a bullied child. Either admit that frills are awesome, or it shouldn't matter how unnaturally beautiful your character is.
It's all been said before, but I need to vent :/