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claudiaeparvier · 1 year ago

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"funny how feminization is only an issue when it happens to louis" There are people in this fandom who insist that Samstat is hypermasculine and reading him as anything other than a Stanley Kowalski pastiche is stupidity and projection. The same people who insist that female-coded Louis is the only right interpretation of the character, and they already imply that Assad's Armand is hypermasculine as well. It's the side of the same coin as the problem with a dainty, feminine Louis. They're not about subverting the gender norms, but upholding them in a twisted way

Gonna be honest, I can’t articulate a proper response to this because I just woke up and I’m about to go back to sleep because…no.

#it’s also not a good sign that the first thing i did while reading this was roll my eyes (no disrespect anon this is just…not for me rn)#i haven’t seen insistence on anything from anyone #i’ve seen the opposite for lestat #and not very much concerning armand #and feminized louis happens in a very small part of fandom and there’s no insistence? so…???#like who’s insisting these things? pls show me #now idk if that’s cause I’m on the tumblr side of things or what #but honestly as a black girl who’s dealt with hypermasculine black characters being used as props by fandom #and this is solely from a fanfiction standpoint #i’m gonna go ahead and say i do not have a problem with feminized louis #bc for so long it’s been nothing but dominance for black men and innocent twinkhood for their white partners #that’s been the norm in fandom for years and it’s tiresome and disgusting #so when people (especially black authors) write it the other way around i don’t see what you see #and the dynamic of a masculine lestat and feminine louis was established in the show #I don’t see people trying to uphold gender roles or whatever #i am just having a hard time understanding the true problem with this #but I really don’t see why feminizing louis is such a bad thing…#and it irritates me that these debates only show up when louis is the one being feminine and there are masculine characters surrounding him #because when it’s lestat it’s pretty much widely accepted and praised but the reverse happens and suddenly it’s insisting #or we have to be concerned about gender roles and this that and third #gender norms this and gender norms that…maybe it’s just fanfiction babe #and those roles were implied in the show with the nuclear family so again…?????#i just don’t get it I’m sorry #I apologize bc I’m struggling to see your point #sorry for my tag rant #it’s too early for this

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