Musing: fandom - Rinoa Heartilly

[wilderthan]

Final Fantasy VIII's Rinoa is often quite disliked. I can see why people dislike her character, too, though replaying the game once I was slightly more mature I tried to look for what was interesting in her, what was realistic about her. I don't mind, though, when people just can't stand her.

What I mind, though, is when someone says they don't like her because she's [quote] "a silly slut". There is absolutely no evidence for that in the game -- she has a romantic plot with Squall and a past with Seifer is implied. If that makes her a slut, I despair of the world entirely.

I hate the trend of flinging the word "slut" around, in its entirely -- I hate it when I see it applied to any female character because nine times out of ten, it's just knee-jerk "oh noez [female character] stole my bishie, fuck u wh0re diiiie" and/or "oh noez [female character] broke up [slash pairing], fuck u wh0re diiie".

This just in: Rinoa Heartilly is not a slut. Switching fandoms, neither is Anna Milton, or Jo Harvelle, or Cassie Robinson, or Jessica Moore... (SPN fandom is a big culprit.)

Dean Winchester? Probably a slut.

When/if I run the Women of SPN Big Bang, I think I'm going to ban the word slut.

Comments

sluts in fan fictions lol

[hot-craving.livejournal.com]

So I have no idea who Rino is but as far as SPn fandom Anna was an angel so not so much a slut LOL. However since Anna liked sex if given the correct amount of time she might become a slut. The others not so much sluts. Jessica had Sam and Cassie had Dean. Those two were in love not slut material. Just my two cents.

Re: sluts in fan fictions lol

[wilderthan.livejournal.com]

Liking sex doesn't make a girl a slut. I don't think even having multiple partners makes a girl a slut. I think the word is disgusting and people's eagerness to apply them to girls to deride and degrade them is horrible.

Re: sluts in fan fictions lol

[hot-craving.livejournal.com]

Yeah i think sluttiness is an attitude. Did you see Ten Inch Hero Yet? Tish acted like a slut but her attitude was one of someone really looking too hard for a guy. Again my two cents. Most people that are considered sluts are just girls with low self esteem. And as far as Anna Yeah I just have no use for her LOL You don't have to tell me that liking sex does not make you a slut.