You're welcome. :) Asexual is just a word of course but it's useful. Most people don't realize that there is a whole group/type of people out there who are celibate not by choice, but because it's the only thing that is natural to them.
That's true, but in the case of Gandalf, he's not a main character...and Hazel is a rabbit. But Frodo could certainly be seen as an asexual lead if you wanted. Though of course now everyone tries to claim that Frodo and Sam were gay, against all evidence. (Which is frustrating. Why does all love have to come down to sex? It's one of my frustrations.) The thing is, what I want to write isn't an adventure (at least, I don't think it would be) but a story about someone coming to terms with asexuality in a world where it is considered unnatural if it is known at all, and about developing meaningful relationships in such a society.
But I know that a lot of people would instantly be turned off as soon as they realized that some hot main male charactr wasn't going to come along and 'cure' her of her asexuality. Ican't tell you how many times I've heard the old line..."Just wait until you meet the right guy." It's always said as some giant magical truth, as if I will be transformed the instant he appears.
I'll probably end up writing my story just for therapy, lol. It's only been in the past few years that I've finally convinced (almost) everyone that he's never going to come. Lucky for my blood pressure, my mother has always believed me. :)
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Date: 2006-04-01 12:24 am (UTC)That's true, but in the case of Gandalf, he's not a main character...and Hazel is a rabbit. But Frodo could certainly be seen as an asexual lead if you wanted. Though of course now everyone tries to claim that Frodo and Sam were gay, against all evidence. (Which is frustrating. Why does all love have to come down to sex? It's one of my frustrations.) The thing is, what I want to write isn't an adventure (at least, I don't think it would be) but a story about someone coming to terms with asexuality in a world where it is considered unnatural if it is known at all, and about developing meaningful relationships in such a society.
But I know that a lot of people would instantly be turned off as soon as they realized that some hot main male charactr wasn't going to come along and 'cure' her of her asexuality. Ican't tell you how many times I've heard the old line..."Just wait until you meet the right guy." It's always said as some giant magical truth, as if I will be transformed the instant he appears.
I'll probably end up writing my story just for therapy, lol. It's only been in the past few years that I've finally convinced (almost) everyone that he's never going to come. Lucky for my blood pressure, my mother has always believed me. :)