Duo =/= fandom's whipping boy! >:(
May. 10th, 2009 03:52 pmSome pet peeves about fandom's interpretation of Duo:
1. Hair that long kept in a constant braid and, in all likelihood, very rarely washed, given the boys' constant firefights...will not fall in a chestnut curtain of shiny. It will be stiff, knotted, and altogether not worth taking out of its braid unless he's prepared to spend an hour or three grooming.
2. Duo is a street-rat. This means he is unlikely to be overly concerned with food or tend to spend money on shit unnecessary to the mission - if anyone's going to do that, it would most likely be Quatre, who grew up in the lap of luxury. As long as he's got his knife and boomsticks, he don't need shit else.
3. I seriously believe he's the least likely to get into a situation in which he's raped. Heero would be oblivious to the social nuances of a situation. Quatre would be unlikely to even consider the possibility. Wufei would probably go into the situation anyway believing he could handle himself. Trowa is more like Duo and probably go OH HEY THOSE GUYS LOOK LIKE THEY WANT SOME SURPRIZ BUTTSECKS, BETTER NOT WALK OVER THERE.
4. ...You really think a kid as traumatized as Duo AND a soldier is going to go OMG HEERO I WUV YOU? Please.
5. Maybe it's just me, but I don't see Duo as very willing to be 'uke,' at least in the beginning of a relationship and certainly not for a one-night stand. He's probably grown up thinking of male penetration as a way to dominate or humiliate.
I dunno, a lot of this is just personal interpretation. But goddamnit, Duo is not a fuzzy wuzzy woobie. *huffs* We need more people, in the way of one brilliant![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
maldoror_gw , to write more anarchist!badass!Duo.
(On a tangent, I admit that Wufei has finally found a place in my heart as my favourite Gundam boy. He doesn't get enough IC love from fandom.)
1. Hair that long kept in a constant braid and, in all likelihood, very rarely washed, given the boys' constant firefights...will not fall in a chestnut curtain of shiny. It will be stiff, knotted, and altogether not worth taking out of its braid unless he's prepared to spend an hour or three grooming.
2. Duo is a street-rat. This means he is unlikely to be overly concerned with food or tend to spend money on shit unnecessary to the mission - if anyone's going to do that, it would most likely be Quatre, who grew up in the lap of luxury. As long as he's got his knife and boomsticks, he don't need shit else.
3. I seriously believe he's the least likely to get into a situation in which he's raped. Heero would be oblivious to the social nuances of a situation. Quatre would be unlikely to even consider the possibility. Wufei would probably go into the situation anyway believing he could handle himself. Trowa is more like Duo and probably go OH HEY THOSE GUYS LOOK LIKE THEY WANT SOME SURPRIZ BUTTSECKS, BETTER NOT WALK OVER THERE.
4. ...You really think a kid as traumatized as Duo AND a soldier is going to go OMG HEERO I WUV YOU? Please.
5. Maybe it's just me, but I don't see Duo as very willing to be 'uke,' at least in the beginning of a relationship and certainly not for a one-night stand. He's probably grown up thinking of male penetration as a way to dominate or humiliate.
I dunno, a lot of this is just personal interpretation. But goddamnit, Duo is not a fuzzy wuzzy woobie. *huffs* We need more people, in the way of one brilliant
maldoror_gw , to write more anarchist!badass!Duo.(On a tangent, I admit that Wufei has finally found a place in my heart as my favourite Gundam boy. He doesn't get enough IC love from fandom.)
