^ My original reply to Hawke - and the question it contained - remain unanswered.
(And as I recall, the LR doesn't exactly encourage photo threads either.
The Candy Cane Children forum did, but that one has been gone for a while now.)
orangeshoeskid wrote:Yeah but with all these pictures, especially ones of just him and not a band, seem more like we're supposed to be fawning over his features, and his sexy brooding look and how gorgeous he is (none of those are my sentiments, just ones similar to comments I've read on facebook, very fan-girlish if you ask me.)
Wow, that's an awful lot to be reading into a few photos, innit?
Nobody has gone there yet; and even if they did, why would you feel like
it's pressure on you to feel like you're "supposed" to think he's gorgeous?
I just have trouble following that reasoning, whether it's here or at the LR.
I'd think if you don't want to look at photos, you just skip the photo thread.
I do find it interesting that forums that are run by males tend to discourage
the photo threads, while forums run by females welcome photos. And while
the males tend to dismiss it as "fan-girlish" it's often true that the very same
males are quick to make marginally lewd remarks about female band members.
(Not saying that you personally would do that, of course; but I've seen it happen,
and it always strikes me as a blatant double standard. OK to make "drooling"
remarks about attractive women, but not about attractive men. Pfft.)
I'm more concerned with the music he makes, the things he produces and the merch he puts out. That's really the only reason why I'd say that we don't need a thread for this.
So you would not be personally so interested in this thread, I can understand that.
Not everyone is interested in every single thread here. But I don't think that a
personal preference translates directly into "this forum doesn't need it."
But then again, to each his own (or her own) and feel free to make this thread. It's just that it will probably die and no one will post in it and it will slowly disappear only to be revived again by some newcomer. Then they will be berated for how it belongs elsewhere and then the thread will slowly fade away again.
Or, alternatively, the people who are not interested in it could just skip it;
and then those who are interested in photos will feel more free to post here.
Just sayin'.
