Thank you for the link and the interesting discussion! I didn't know bandwench manips (I only saw the one in mews1945's LJ, and I found it lovely). I was ill-at-ease about manips for months, until I realize it's only a visual form of fanfiction, after all. Images replace words. If I could read or write about Frodo's or Elijah's genitals, I can look at them, especially since they are all fictitious (the bits, I mean), both in image and in words. Of course, we use Elijah's face; but it's clear from the beginning we don't describe the real Elijah. What we are picturing is our fantasy of him, and we are free to do that and share the product of our imagination with others, IMO.
I don't like every manip: some are too crude for my taste, I guess, or just too bad. I need a good manip: I want to forget it's not real while I'm looking at it, like I want to believe the story is true while I'm reading a fic:).
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Date: 2006-06-26 05:10 pm (UTC)I was ill-at-ease about manips for months, until I realize it's only a visual form of fanfiction, after all. Images replace words. If I could read or write about Frodo's or Elijah's genitals, I can look at them, especially since they are all fictitious (the bits, I mean), both in image and in words. Of course, we use Elijah's face; but it's clear from the beginning we don't describe the real Elijah. What we are picturing is our fantasy of him, and we are free to do that and share the product of our imagination with others, IMO.
I don't like every manip: some are too crude for my taste, I guess, or just too bad. I need a good manip: I want to forget it's not real while I'm looking at it, like I want to believe the story is true while I'm reading a fic:).