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I know when I write most of my stories I don’t usually make the man/giant that attractive has nothing to do with my sexual orientation. Its frankly because I don’t consider myself very attractive. Not that I don’t have the occasional attractive main male character. I just relate better with the average to lower attractive ones when I write.
Also, since I usually write monstruous/jerks/selfish main males I usually give them less then appealing looks as a short hand for their unattractive natures. A sort of ugly through and through idea.
So those might be reasons why other male sw art creators might make their main male less appealing.
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@i-am-insane I think it’s because society places unrealistic expectations on women… especially when it comes to our looks and age. What might come off as suffocating and unwanted is our desperation to be acknowledged as attractive while we are still in our “attractive years”. Men have made it abundantly clear you don’t desire us after a certain age. You don’t think it eats me up when I see the “oh you’d be thrown out by your owner once you’re over 25” comments…
I’m also aware of the unfair struggles that men face and I’m not saying you guys don’t have your fair share but the point I’m making is please try and excuse the women who are seeking shallow validation. We only get a few years to where we can positively receive it
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@HHunter1 This is why it pays to look at images and stories by people with a different background than your own. If I want to know what makes a straight man attractive, I should look at content created by (a wide range of) straight women. Gay men also have (several) informed opinions on what makes a man attractive, some of which are shared by straight women and some of which are not.
I write my stories for as broad a readership as possible. Sometimes an ugly giant is the right character at a particular moment. Perhaps the scene calls for the SW to feel degraded by being forced by an unattractive giant. But just as often you want a giant who knows how to dress well, who keeps in shape, who has piercing eyes. It’s nice to be able to describe that satisfactorily.
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…Uh. The point was that, for a lot of women, the attention is so much it becomes unwanted? Like, the random wolf whistle on the street, that kind of thing? There really wasn’t anything about criticism in there. -
@i-am-insane I’m sorry about that, I had to re-read what you wrote a few times to understand what you meant. I thought you were criticizing women who place importance on appearance in the macro/micro world. No worries ~
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@Olo Your response has me thinking you missed my point. I will try to clarify. I apologies in advance if that wasn’t the case.
I didn’t say I never write the main male as attractive. Just what I mainly write. I understand to write the character that best fits the story. What I was trying to say is people tend to write/draw what they know/think. So if they think of themselves as less desirable they might make images/characters that reflect a part of them as less desirable.
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@HHunter1 That’s fine if you’re just writing for yourself. When I try to write for others (in addition to myself), sometimes I want to write something that I don’t know, so I have to do some research.
All my M/f stories and discussions can be found here.
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@Olo Not what I was saying. Not my point. I do research, I try to write stories not just for myself.
What I was trying to say is some people might not be comfortable with creating attractive main male characters because of their opinion of their own appearance. And that might be why the use the ugly man troupe.
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@HHunter1 I see. That’s gonna limit their readership, then.
All my M/f stories and discussions can be found here.
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@Olo That is true, hench the conversations on this thread. Clearly the tiny ladies want more handsome giants keeping them in cages and such.
Makes me wonder what other story aspects they would like to see more of.
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