Crossdressing in Kamble
Oct. 28th, 2021 08:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitoutOK! Next ridiculous bit.
There are tons of fictional depictions of people dressing up like a different gender in a gendered-society (where they where obviously different types of clothing) and Antic Ensue. Like, All of Shakespeare. Kamble takes on this trope in the 90s, and not well. Her summary of Johanna Lindsey’s _Gentle Rogue_ clearly states the hero “is instantly intrigued when he sees through her disguise…James is determined to seduce her into revealing her identity — her female self — but it is noteworthy that he has not seen her dressed as a woman when he decides this, that is, he is attracted to someone who looks like a man.”
*blink*
oh, come on
I mean, _he could tell_. _Easily_. She did not “look like a man”. Duh.
There’s an extensive quote, that is about a perfect an example of Magic Hoo-Ha as I have ever seen. I mean, true, it has the effect before it is experienced but here is the Smart Bitches description of the phenomenon:
“Magic Hoo-Hoo: AKA “Glittery Hoo-Hah,” “Magic Hoo-Hah” shorthand for the equally illustrious and many powers of the female sex organ, specifically the vagina. The Magic Hoo-Hoo tames the Mighty Wang, and becomes the magnetized true north for the hero’s trouser compass from the point of their first sexual coupling. The Magic Hoo-Hoo brings the hero to monogamous attachment, because after experiencing it, the hero will not be satisfied with anything or anyone else. **”
Now here, from Kamble, quoting Lindsey: “For once, just any woman wouldn’t do. He wanted this one.”
ETA:
There’s a long analysis of Gabaldon’s series; actually, in this particular case, there is in the actual text changing perspectives on homosexuality by a heterosexual hero, so while I could complain about the details of the interpretation, I’m not going to bother.
There are tons of fictional depictions of people dressing up like a different gender in a gendered-society (where they where obviously different types of clothing) and Antic Ensue. Like, All of Shakespeare. Kamble takes on this trope in the 90s, and not well. Her summary of Johanna Lindsey’s _Gentle Rogue_ clearly states the hero “is instantly intrigued when he sees through her disguise…James is determined to seduce her into revealing her identity — her female self — but it is noteworthy that he has not seen her dressed as a woman when he decides this, that is, he is attracted to someone who looks like a man.”
*blink*
oh, come on
I mean, _he could tell_. _Easily_. She did not “look like a man”. Duh.
There’s an extensive quote, that is about a perfect an example of Magic Hoo-Ha as I have ever seen. I mean, true, it has the effect before it is experienced but here is the Smart Bitches description of the phenomenon:
“Magic Hoo-Hoo: AKA “Glittery Hoo-Hah,” “Magic Hoo-Hah” shorthand for the equally illustrious and many powers of the female sex organ, specifically the vagina. The Magic Hoo-Hoo tames the Mighty Wang, and becomes the magnetized true north for the hero’s trouser compass from the point of their first sexual coupling. The Magic Hoo-Hoo brings the hero to monogamous attachment, because after experiencing it, the hero will not be satisfied with anything or anyone else. **”
Now here, from Kamble, quoting Lindsey: “For once, just any woman wouldn’t do. He wanted this one.”
ETA:
There’s a long analysis of Gabaldon’s series; actually, in this particular case, there is in the actual text changing perspectives on homosexuality by a heterosexual hero, so while I could complain about the details of the interpretation, I’m not going to bother.