ARTISTICALLY INCLINED MEMBERS?

[aiffe]

capslock_zutara HAS PCHAT SESSIONS. I'VE ASKED TO JOIN, BECAUSE I LOVE PCHAT AND I LOVE FANDOM GROUP ACTIVITIES. ZUTARA ISN'T MY FAVORITE SHIP, BUT I LIKE DRAWING ZUKO AND LIKE DRAWING KATARA, SO I THOUGHT I COULD GET AWAY WITH IT

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[gambitia]

IF I COULD ARTZ, I WOULD LOVE TO JOIN YOU. SADLY, I CANNOT ARTZ.

PRETTY MAI, BTW.

[aiffe]

THERE COULD BE STICK FIGURES.

[manonlechat]

AWWWWW. ACTUALLY, WE DON'T BASH MAI ALL THAT MUCH AT CAPS_ZUTARA. I MEAN IT OCCASSIONALLY HAPPENS, BUT WE BASH KATARA AND ZUKO MUCH, MUCH MORE. <3

[aiffe]

MAI BASHING IS THE NEW KIKYOU BASHING. AND ZUTARA IS THE NEW SESS/KAGOME.

...AND ACTUALLY, THE ZUKO AND KATARA BASHING REALLY BOTHERS ME TOO. IT'S COMPLETELY MISOGYNISTIC. ZUKO IS BASHED BY CALLING HIM FEMALE...BECAUSE EVERYTHING FEMALE IS WEAK AND BAD? AND KATARA IS BASHED BY SAYING EVERYTHING SHE DOES IS DUE TO PMS, WHICH IS A WAY OF SAYING, "ALL WOMEN ARE CRAZY," IMPLYING THAT WE DON'T HAVE LOGIC OR VALID FEELINGS OR REASONS FOR DOING THINGS, WE JUST HAVE OUR CRAZY VAGINAS WITH OUR CRAZY PERIODS. AT THIS POINT, IT'S NOT EVEN BASHING THE CHARACTERS, IT'S JUST BASHING ALL WOMEN.

I FIND IT PARTICULARLY DISHEARTENING WHEN WOMEN BRING THEIR OWN SELF-HATRED INTO FANDOM, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A MATRIARCHAL CULTURE.

[manonlechat]

WELL, BEING AN OLD SCHOOL FEMINIST MYSELF, I DO SEE UR POINT. ON THE OTHER HAND, CAPS_COMMS ARE DELIBERATELY UN-PC AND IN VERY VERY POOR TASTE. THEY ARE ALSO HEAVILY INFUSED WITH IRONY. I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY ASSUME THAT WE ARE BUYING INTO THE IDEA THAT FEMALE=WEAK; IN FACT, BY "OWNING" THE JOKE WE MAY BE SUBTLELY UNDERMINING IT (I KNOW THAT DOES NOT FIT MY OLD SCHOOL FEMINISM, BUT THERE IT IS).

(AS FOR THE KIKYOU BASHING AND THE BACKLASH AGAINST KIKYOU BASHING, I NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHY PEOPLE GOT SO EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT. I MEAN, SHE'S MY FAVORITE FEMALE CHARACTER IN INUYASHA, AND IF PEOPLE COULDN'T SEE HOW MORALLY COMPLEX AND FASCINATING SHE WAS THAT WAS THEIR LOSS.)

[aiffe]

I KNOW THERE'S IRONY. I MEAN, THE CAPS, THE INTENTIONAL SPELLING ERRORS, THE LOLCATSPEAK....I DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONE IDIOT IN THE AUDIENCE THAT DOESN'T REALIZE THAT STEPHEN COLBERT IS MAKING FUN OF BUSH. (AND O'REILY.) BUT THERE'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN "WE'RE SAYING MISOGYNIST THINGS BECAUSE WE'RE MOCKING IDIOTS AND THAT'S WHAT AN IDIOT WOULD SAY," AND "WE'RE SAYING MISOGYNIST THINGS UNDER THE THIN VEIL OF HUMOR, LAUGH, MAKING FOOLS OF WOMEN IS FUNNY!"

I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE "OWNING THE JOKE," BECAUSE THAT WOULD MAKE ME THINK SLIGHTLY LESS OF MY GENDER. IT JUST DOESN'T FEEL THAT WAY TO ME. I MEAN, IF I CAN GET REALLY UN-PC HERE AND GO RACIAL ON YOU FOR COMPARISON, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN USING THE N-WORD TO MEAN YOUR HOMEBOY AND CHANGING THE MEANING AND OWNING THE WORD AND ALL THAT GOOD SHIT, AND USING IT TO MEAN SOMEONE WHO IS BLACK, STUPID, LAZY, CRIMINAL, AND ALL THE OTHER HORRIBLE STEREOTYPES THAT COME ATTACHED TO THAT WORD

[suppai]

P-CHAT SOUNDS LIKE FUN I WISH I HAD A TABLET.

[aiffe]

SANTA PUT COAL IN YOUR STOCKING THIS YEAR?

I WON'T LIE, I HAVE A TABLET, AND IT'S A LOT EASIER WITH ONE, BUT I PCHATTED WITH A MOUSE FOR YEARS.

[suppai]

ALL I GOT WAS A MUG AND SOME KIND OF CRAPPY PICTURE WITH KANJI AND THE ENGLISH MEANING UNDER IT. >_<
WITH A MOUSE ALL MY LINES LOOK LIKE I'M DRAWING DRUNK. BUT I DO WANT TO TRY P-CHAT OUT

[aiffe]

MAYBE IF YOU DRAW MOAR MAIKO, SANTA WILL REVIEW YOU MORE FAVORABLY NEXT YEAR. SANTA SEKRITLY SHIPS MAIKO, YOU KNOW. AND HARU/KATARA.

[aiffe]

OKAY, A LOT OF SITES REQUIRE REGISTRATION FIRST, AND I'M REGISTERED ON LIKE ALL OF THEM. NAME THE SITE AND I'LL MEET YOU THERE IN A FEW MINUTES.(OR IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANY, I'LL SUGGEST A COUPLE AND YOU'LL SEE WHICH ONE LETS YOU REGISTER THE FASTEST, SINCE I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH MAKE YOU WAIT.)

XD I CAN'T WAIT.

[aiffe]

I AM IN ROOM FOUR (DRAWING 2) AS AIFFE.