That entire mess of you, Transdude1996, and residentgrigo

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The fact that attractive female characters deliver the same "power fantasy" for girls that a story of Conan does for guys, and (For some strange reason) female creators happen to get a lot more lewd and personal than their male counter-parts. All that being said, however, where is the problem? It's possible that I misunderstood you, but you made it sound like it was a "terrible thing" that people make content for people who spend money.

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That did nothing to clarify. In any way. What is "the entire mess"? What does it entail? What are we allowed to post, if anything?
How come you didn't actually answer the question?

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What "power fantasy"? This is about having sexual fan-service. About having things that are there, purely for sexual titillation. None of it has anything to do with power, in any way.

Oh, and if you want to comment about how Conan is "scantily clad"...
That's to show his muscles.
It's all about male power fantasy, and nothing to do being sexually attractive/titillating, to anyone
...not that, that type of body is particularly appealing to most women, anyway.
Some gay men, perhaps, but who paid any heed to them, when Conan was made?
The guys who get voted "sexiest man", or in some other way are shown to be considered sexy, are never people like Arnold Schwarzenegger ...well, some do still have needlessly big muscles, like Jason Momoa for example, but nothing at the level of Conan.

Eh, no. Not particularly, no. (and I'm not going to bother arguing that off topic point, in this thread. Just making it clear that I disagree)

When/where did I say, or so much as imply, anything about a problem?
I talked about what is sexual or not.
At no point did I say, suggest, or imply, any dislike or disapproval ...or like or approval.
I made no comment, in regards to that.

Last edited by zarlan at 8:19 am, Mar 20 2020

You were asking for what other reason a female creator would make a character sexually attractive for any reason than to appeal to guys.


Just decide to look that up because I'm curious about who were the winners are. For the first decade (Which started back in '85), it was Mad Max, then "the bad doctor", then it was Perseus, then the son of the president, then James "Aged like fine wine" Bond, then the manlet who does his own stunts, the the dirty dancer from action films, then a former model turned actor, then Cindy Crawford and her husband, then Ted "Theodore" Logan, and then the precursor to Edward Cullen. Though, you are right, the guys were fit, but none of them were completely jacked like mid-80's Arnold, with the except of The Rock when he won in 2016.

However, even Arnold was more buff than Conan was suppose to be. Here is how Conan was depicted back in 1932 when he debuted (Linking because the images are too big horizontally), here he is a few months later in 1933, and then over a year later in 1934.


Okay, that was a misunderstanding on my part then. Most of the time, whenever people talk about series appealing to "horny young teen boys", they trying to use it as a criticism as if it's a "crime against nature" that people make content for a market that exists. I assumed that you were doing the same, which is where I made my error.

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...and your proposed reason, is utterly wrong, as I pointed out.
They do not deliver any form of power fantasy, but rather sexual titillation.
Not in adition to power fantasy. Just sexual titillation.
Nothing more, nothing less.
Hence your argument is void.

...and yeah, there's quite a difference between book (i.e. real original) Conan, and movie Conan.
Also a lot of the people generally considered sexy, aren't necessarily that "fit". Just healthy and non-fat. A bit of muscles can maybe be a plus, but is hardly required.

Oh yeah, good point. That's quite true. Thanks for pointing that out.
Hence your error was quite understandable.
Indeed, I'd say I should have been more careful of the connotations of my phrasing.
Sorry, my bad.

Hell, it is also true of how I, myself, usually talk about series that appeal to "horny young teen boys" (and how, for example, I utterly diss pretty much anything by Akamatsu Ken, as trash without any value), and I do disapprove of most fan-service (sexual fan-service especially, but also non-sexual) ...though that's to do with how it's used, including how it distracts from the story (except in series where the story is just the excuse for the fan-service, which I especially despise), rather than how sexual the content is.

My mention of it, in regards to Ranma, however, was purely to point out how extremely ridiculous it is, to think that the nudity in the series, was about anything other than sexual fan-service, rather than being any comment on the series, itself.

Ecchi= hot stuff 😉

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You're literally mansplaining boobs to a woman. That's hilarious.

Did you just assume Zarlan's gender? That's very sexist of you.

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Sorry for the slight delay in reply, but I hadn't expected to see any, as these threads tend to die out, once the next poll comes along. (also, I've had some computer problems to deal with, for about a week now, which has finally gotten settled down, now)

Mansplaining, is about explaining something you know less about, than the person you are talking to.
(mainly when a man does so, to a woman. Especially about women's issues)

That is clearly not the case here.
A woman doesn't know more knowledgeable about what is sexual about the female body, or not, just because they are a woman. (in particularly, sexual TO MEN, which is something you'd assume that men, if anyone, would have a better intuitive knowledge of ...not that I'm saying that boobs aren't sexual to women, mind you)

Hell, you don't necessarily know more about how the female body works, just because you're a woman! What with how there are cases of mothers who thought they gave birth through the anus, women who have no idea that they pee through a separate hole, who think that the vagina only lubricates if you like the person you are with... (which was their argument for why it is physically harmful to be in IRL porn ...which, utter ignorance of biology aside, shows a shocking ignorance of the existence of lube. Though the biological ignorance is far worse, of course)

...and I'm stating undeniable and clearly demonstrable facts.
You have no counter-argument, so you stoop to labeling my comment, as "mansplaining", to dismiss it.
That is an ad hominem, a bad attempt at a argument from fallacy, and just generally weak and dishonest.

@Transdude1996 I'd say my username sounds like it's male ...and he/she may have seen a comment of mine, where I state/imply my male gender.

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Oh, I thought that you were a girl. Never really saw anything proving otherwise. That being said, my comment was in jest regardless.

Also, to add on your point about the post being an ad hominem, there's also the fact that this is the internet, where you're sex/race/nationality/etc. doesn't really matter since you can create your own identity. Personal attacks are futile effort because you have no idea if the person on the otherside of the screen is lying or putting up a front (And to what extent). It's one of the reasons why "Tits or GTFO" gained traction, because it was a way for users force discussion to be based on actual points rather than manipulation and ad hominems (And, be, as intended, a degrading act for those failing to contribute to the discussion since they have to resort to exposing their real identity in order to make a "valid point" ).





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...because I argue against bigotry, and find it intolerable?
That's very sexist, indeed. Against men.

If only.

LOL! The preposterous irony of that statement is priceless.
How you haven't been banned, ages ago...

That, and because of your style of writing, and because it seems like there are a lot more girls that are active in the forums than guys (And, how I came to that conclusion was wondering why there were so many yaoi requests on the front page, and checking profile pages answered my question).

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