Brain Hurt... Please Write!

So I was browsing the Brain Hurting Fanfic Pairer - which actually really does hurt the brain - and the pair I fancy most?

Haldir (LOTR) / Hermione (HP)

The reasoning is:

Jha says:
Haldir/Hermione!
Jha says:
that's PERFECT!
Caitlin - JL - I'm a bastion of knowledge. Look at me bastioning. says:
And I (L) Haldir!
Jha says:
i LOVE it
Caitlin - JL - I'm a bastion of knowledge. Look at me bastioning. says:
YES!
Jha says:
he's like
Caitlin - JL - I'm a bastion of knowledge. Look at me bastioning. says:
It would be made of genius and SNARK.
Jha says:
an Elf
Caitlin - JL - I'm a bastion of knowledge. Look at me bastioning. says:
Or something.
Caitlin - JL - I'm a bastion of knowledge. Look at me bastioning. says:
Yes.
Jha says:
therefore cool by default
Jha says:
and she
Caitlin - JL - I'm a bastion of knowledge. Look at me bastioning. says:
Yup.
Jha says:
's like
Jha says:
so awesome
Jha says:
there fore
Jha says:
uh
Caitlin - JL - I'm a bastion of knowledge. Look at me bastioning. says:
YES.
Jha says:
awesome by default?
Caitlin - JL - I'm a bastion of knowledge. Look at me bastioning. says:
THEY ARE MADE OFAWESOME.
Caitlin - JL - I'm a bastion of knowledge. Look at me bastioning. says:
YES.
Caitlin - JL - I'm a bastion of knowledge. Look at me bastioning. says:
XD
Jha says:
YES
Jha says:
MADE OF AWESOME YES


Give me a break, it was 12am, I woke up at 8, and I didn't get a nap. So yeah. Of COURSE I'm going to subject myself to this crack!!!!!

Other pairs I find interesting and would love to read a fanfic of:

Viktor Krum (HP)/Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)
Seras Victoria (Hellsing)/Nancy Drew
Jen (The Dark Crystal)/Jolinar of Malkshur (Stargate SG-1)
Seras Victoria (Hellsing)/Seamus Harper (Andromeda)
Jet Black (Cowboy Bebop)/Starfire (Teen Titans)
White Witch (Narnia)/Desire (Sandman)
Jolinar of Malkshur (Stargate SG-1)/K (Gravitation)
Reno (Final Fantasy 7)/Dylan Hunt (Andromeda)
Yomiko Readman (Read or Die)/The Phantom (The Phantom of the Opera)
T'Pol (Enterprise)/Adam Smith ("Wealth of Nations")
Elisabeth Braddock (X-Men)/Jonas Quinn (Stargate SG-1)
Hitomi (Escaflowne)/Richard Mayhew (Neverwhere)
Cthulhu/Seras Victoria (Hellsing)



It then got pretty bad with pairings like this:
Elisabeth Braddock (X-Men)/Thumper (Bambi) -- WTF?
Alucard (Hellsing)/Moaning Myrtle (HP) -- WTF?
Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell (Stargate SG-1)/Q (James Bond) -- WTF!
Buster (Mythbusters)/Keith (Voltron) - WTF?
R2D2 (Star Wars)/Queen Lillian (Shrek 2) -- OH GOD!
Condoleeza Rice/Goyle (Harry Potter) -- OMGWTFBBQBRAAAAA!!!!
George Hammond (Stargate SG-1)/Amy Rose (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Yzma (Emporer's New Groove)/Lt. Tom Paris (ST Voyager)
Wolverine (X-Men)/Twink the Sprite (Rainbow Brite)
Odo (DS9)/Reno (Final Fantasy 7)
Sarah O'Neill (Stargate SG-1)/Jabba the Hutt (OH NOOOOOOOOOO)
Marquis de Sade/Willie Wonka (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)


And you know you're addicted to this generator when you say shit like this:

Caitlin - JL - I'm a bastion of knowledge. Look at me bastioning. says:
Stan Shunpike (HP)/Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)

SAME SERIES. WHUT FAGGOTRY IS THIS?!
Caitlin - JL - I'm a bastion of knowledge. Look at me bastioning. says:
I WANT CRACK!

When Men Are Feminists...

I like to lay low on the fact that I'm a feminist. Mostly because it usually doesn't matter. I live my life according to how I feel it should be lived, and I don't let anybody, male or female, bully me into making decisions I don't want to make.

As a result, I'm fortunate to have never known men that I felt were capable of raping me. Most male friends are intimidated by me as a result of my assertion, both personal and sexual. When people see that they can't joke about disrespectful sex around me, they back off... and I'm usually left alone as a result. So my true friends are those who're respectful when it comes to sex, assertive without being obnoxious about sex.

So let's talk about V-Day. Basically a day to bolster the campaign fighting violence against women in all its forms, whether political or sexual (and political violence manifests itself in sexual forms). The Vagina Monologues is part of the V-Day campaign.

I disagree with some of the terms used on the V-Day website. Stuff like "vagina warriors". I have no problem with the word "vagina" but I have a HUGE problem with the word "warrior." The word "war" has caused so much trouble. It's a patriarchal word, "war" is. It entails two or more opponents who cannot settle their differences amicably.

Feminism, to me, isn't a war for women's rights. It's a lifestyle. It's a set of beliefs that aims towards a more loving, kinder community - for better relationships between men and women - for equality of the sexes, where men aren't held back by what the ideal macho man is, and women are held back by what the perfect woman is. Because patriarchy hurts men too: under patriarchy, men are taught that violence is the only way to get things done. That beating down the ones you love is okay. That hurting other people is okay.

It's not okay, and most men usually know that it's not okay. So why does it still happen? Why do we still see high statistics of rape happening all over the place? And it's not just the disenfranchised men who're doing the raping. Even those in power are raping too.

Feminism seeks to empower women, so we can stand up for ourselves sexually, so we won't be afraid of men's strength and power when it comes to physical violence. It means that if a man tries to batter me, I report him to the police for assault and I DO NOT BACK DOWN from fear of reprisal. Feminism seeks to enable women to find their inner power that has been beaten down into the depths of their psyches by psycho patriarchy.

But feminism also empowers men to be who they want to be without caring about what the ideal patriarchal man is like. Where patriarchy says "don't take no for an answer because that's disrespectful to you", feminism empowers men to feel secure in themselves when a woman does say no, because it doesn't mean she disrespects him, it just means she doesn't want to have sex with him. Patriarchy ties men to their sexuality: a man is defined by his ability to score sex, to lord sexual power over women. Feminism empowers men to think beyond their hyper-sexuality - it's okay to just hang out as friends, as equals, and it's okay, because there's more to a man than his erection and his ability to fuck a woman all night.

Men are integral to feminism's cause, and most don't even realize it. People are always saying feminism is about crazy women trying to be men. That's not true. We don't want to be men. We want to be women, on our own terms. We don't want to be told what it means to be a woman by a man. We want to be women and be proud of our womanhood, our intelligence, our sexuality, without it being ruled over by men. If I'm smart, I'm smart because I'm empowered enough to educate myself. If I'm sexual, it's not because I'm being pressured to have sex.

We are trying to redefine masculinity and femininity without the violent framework that patriarchy gives us. This redefinition is what makes most people nervous: "a man is a man because of X, and if you take X away, what's going to define him as a man?" Same goes for woman.

We need to move away from this thinking, because too many people are getting upset and overly-possessive of these gender traits... which weren't necessarily theirs in the first place.

So when men are feminists, standing up for their own right to redefine their gender without resorting to the violent framework, it's something worth applauding.

And thus, I present to you this site: Men Can Stop Rape.org.

I'm tempted to order their posters due to their inspiring content. There're different series for different situations that can lead to rape, and their captions are simple, but powerful:

Our Strength is Not For Hurting

Bystander Series:
Our strength is not for hurting. So when men disrespect women, it's NOT RIGHT.


There's the Drugs & Alcohol series:
My strength is not for hurting. So when she was too drunk to decide, I BACKED OFF.

And alternately:
My strength is not for hurting. So when I was too drunk to decide, I BACKED OFF.


In the Consent & Respect series:
My strength is not for hurting. So when I got mixed signals, I ASKED HER WHAT SHE WANTED.

My strength is not for hurting. So when I wanted her, I asked her, and I TOOK NO FOR AN ANSWER.

There's even one that covers homosexual rape:
My strength is not for hurting. So when I wanted to and he didn't, WE DIDN'T.

The posters all feature young men of various ethnicities - symbolic of the new generation of male feminists and of how global this issue is.

When men are feminists, when men believe in sexual equality, when men no longer strive to control the reproductive rights of women, both men and women can stop rape together.

Together, whether male or female or in between, whether bi, gay, les, trans, we can stand up and say NO to sexual violence, NO to psychological terrorism, NO to harmful ideals. We'll feel more free to say NO when we're being hurt, and we'll feel better when someone else says NO to us.

When NO means NO, and stays that way, we can avoid all the stupid headgames that boys and girls like to play on each other and there will be no more lies, no more heartache, no more insecurity because everything is so ambiguous. When we can say NO and actually mean it, then YES will be all the more meaningful.