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Awesome Heir (Haiku) by Shin-Bojangles

Blades whirl through orc flesh Elven lips tremble with lust Aragorn is sweet

-=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 21-Aug-02/3:36 PM
Shin-Bojangles: It doesn't matter whether elves are, "in fact", the most dangerous things on the face of the earth. Males with pointy ears who gallop around on horses and sing about Elbereth are pussies in my book. Think about it; if any human males did it in the actual world then they would undoubtedly be pussies (other things being equal). The world Ultimate Fighting champion would be a pussy if he wore a velvet dress on weekends and sang along to Cyndi Lauper in a karaoke bar. My point is that being a pussy can shine through even in the face of fighting ability. And I'm really, really, really, really sorry if someone objects to my use of the term "pussies", but it's a perfectly standard use of the word, and unless you can think of a better way to convey the idea then stop bitching. But aside from the fact that they're pussies, I don't think I'd be thinking anything about their elegantness or fierceness. The "contrast" of "elegant" and "fierce" is possibly one of the least interesting things ever. What is people's obsession with trite "constrasts"? I swear sometimes I think I'm going to explode. Powerful yet gentle. Innocent yet wicked. Elegant yet fierce. It's not that amazing. It's a common occurrence for something to have apparently-contrasting properties, especially in wish-fulfilment fiction (not that I'm saying LOTR is wish-fulfilment fiction. Just that a lot of people treat it that way). Why this is seen as so 'special' or 'magical' or 'beautiful' or 'wonderful' (not that you implied any of those things) is beyond me. I can of course see why it's appealing, and I think I can see why people become obsessed with things that incorporate particular kinds of contrasts, but "elegant yet fierce" is something straight out of a 14-year-old girl's diary, and for grown men and women to obsess over elves just because they're "elegant yet fierce" is insane. And, of course, they're fictional, which is another reason why it's so despicable. As for you, you silly tart god'swife: if you aren't another one of horus8's incredibly stimulating alter egos, allow me to explain something to you: I was well aware of the semantic tension between 'androgynous' and 'pussies'. I left it in because a) the use of the word 'pussies' is non-literal, b) the sex organs of the female are not themselves male or female, and c) I didn't think anyone would do anything so incredibly facile as point out the tension. My mistake.




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