Boyz to Menz
Sep. 13th, 2007 10:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So, I'm in the process of writing my thingamajig for
ginger_lust, and I'm curious about something. In the part I'm writing, the fellow in question is approximately 16 to 17 years old. Now, would that be a boy or a man? Technically, I suppose he'd be a teen, but I don't want to use that. So I put the question to you...
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ETA: Instead of "use", I'd typed "sue." lulz.
ETA2: I added the "jailbait" option because I knew that
single_path would totally pick it. :)
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[Poll #1054728]
ETA: Instead of "use", I'd typed "sue." lulz.
ETA2: I added the "jailbait" option because I knew that
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Date: 2007-09-13 06:00 pm (UTC)So if the question is 'is a 16/17 year old Harry Potter (or Xander Harris or whatever ever fandom guy you want) a boy or man?' Then I would say a 'man'. If the question is 'is a 16/17 year old Joe Smoe from Nowhere, USA a man or boy?' then I would say boy. Chances are that whatever extraordinary events happened in your fandom world makes a character grow up much faster - just like in real life.
At what age did the current Dalai Lama become a man? At 5 when he became the Dalai Lama? At 15 when he assumes responsibility for Tibet? Or at 19 when he sits down to talk with other world leaders about the fate of Tibet?
Sorry - I'll just be stepping off my soapbox and slidding it back into the closet now.
peachus
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Date: 2007-09-13 06:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-13 07:35 pm (UTC)P.S I also checked off, "Who care just get to the shagging". But I meant it with so much love.
MWAH!
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Date: 2007-09-13 08:28 pm (UTC)I guess it all depends because a grown ass man who's forty can still be a boy because he's a childish fuck...lol.
Don't I know it. :p
P.S I also checked off, "Who care just get to the shagging". But I meant it with so much love.
Hee! I know you did, hon. Believe me, the Draco muse wants them to get to the shagging too, but I'm trying to pace myself. We'll see who wins! LOL
You are wonderful. MWAH!