What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry

melancholic romantic comic cynic. bi & genderqueer. fantasy writer. sysrae on ao3.

shwetanarayan:

alexandraerin:

loki-cat:

imoanandstuff:

Why do girls still list ‘Lord Of The Rings’ next to things they are interested in? Do they not realise guys haven’t seen that as ‘edgy’ or ‘attractive’ since about 2006?
The fact you enjoy one of the most successful book/films of all time does not make you stand out, alright?
Now, If you’d write how much you love the work of David Gemmell or Brandon Sanderson, then.. yeah, I’d hit it.

the female stifles a scream and steadies her breathing as her eyes rapidly scan the textpost for the sixth time. her hands tremble as she quickly rips down her gandalf posters and throws her lord of the rings triology into the fire. she sits back down. ‘guy not attract to  girl ???who enjoy lord of the riINGs??? .… closE One’ she whispers to herself as she wipes her forehead. she successfully remains attractive to the opposite sex yet another day

I don’t want to take away from the perfection of the response above, but I would really love a chance to ask the OP if it has honestly never occurred to him that women might be listing things as among their interests because they themselves are interested in it, not because they’re trying to crack the secret code of how to get into your pants.

but ae what an impressive geek this OP is to think to name such obscure and cutting edge writers as Gemmell and Sanderson, must be such a great reader no?

So, let’s break this down. The OP:

- wants girls to express interest in his favourite SFF authors; but

- believes girls only express interest in SFF authors to attract male attention; therefore he

- thinks badly of girls who express interest in SFF authors, because he equates their visible opinions with bad tactics rather than personal taste; and yet

- is apparently shocked that girls who share his taste in SFF authors aren’t falling over their fucking feet to make themselves known to him.

I AM SHOCKED, SHOCKED, BY THE UNFATHOMABLE MYSTERIES OF FEMALE BEHAVIOUR.

Such as, you know. Wanting to avoid asshats.

(via shwetanarayan)

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