that darn cat

[timeripple]

The following has just taken place.

CSZSDC: *yowls yowlfully*
Fiona: "If I pick you up and pet you, will you shut up?"
CSZSDC: *looks adoringly*
Fiona: "Oh, fine, you pathetic excuse for a cat." *pets*
CSZSDC: *is smug*
Fiona: "If I let you sit in my room while I pet you and type my feminist account of The Princess Bride, will you stop yowling?"
CSZSDC: *purr*
Fiona: "Whatever." *types*
CSZSDC: *sheds all over Fiona's nice clean laundry, duvet, and computer*

Comments

[kayselkiemoon.livejournal.com]

i can't wait to read that feminist revision! *chuckles*

[timeripple.livejournal.com]

Eh. I was originally going to argue that The Princess Bride is, by virtue of being something of a parody, in fact something of a feminist statement. But it's not as much of a parody as I remember it, and Buttercup's dumb, but not that dumb - not enough to easily construe as a parody of your run-of-the-mill damsel in distress. I think I'll have to explore the broader themes instead - for example, her lack of the popular heroine "spunk" - for goodness' sake, she lives in a society that has rankings for the Most Beautiful Woman in the World! Not that ours doesn't, but in Florin it seems more... universal.

It would probably be easier to re-write the thing with Buttercup as a more girl-power-type heroine, really.