Fifty-Eighth Keychain - [Voice/Action]

[perplexme]

[Housemates will probably find Roxas in the kitchen with newspapers on the table, a palate of paint, some paper...and a very disgruntled cat who doesn't understand why his human wants him to dip his pretty paws in the wet colors.]

Nea, come on. You were doing really well, too. You can't just give up now.

[There's a hiss from the cat before he swats at the paint palate. Roxas sighs and shakes his head, giving up for now. Artists can be pretty temperamental, after all. Instead he'll focus himself on the journal, opening it up and idly leafing through it. His conversation with Naoto's been on his mind, and he has an important question.]

So...what's the main difference between being a boy and being a girl? I mean, girls can do things boys can, right? So what difference does it make? [He doesn't quite get why people were upset with Naoto for being a girl detective, that's all.] Answer me that.

And answer me this: how come everyone else got a horse last week except for me? Total bummer.

[Filtered to Axel]

I've got something cool to show you, but you have to go to the battle dome with me.

[/Filtered]

[Filtered to Xion]

Do you need anything? [He's worried about you, bff dos. He's in overprotective mode now.]

Comments

voice

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

Why should people 'get' horses anyway?

[Ponies aren't pets. B|]

voice

[perplexme]

I don't know; I just know I was supposed to have one and never got one. Made fighting that "dragon" kind of hard.

...hey, you're that pegasus from before, right?

voice

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

Oh, so you remembered. Not that I'm surprised.

[She is pretty unforgettable, in her not-so-humble opinion.]

Anyway, the real trick to fighting dragons is to give 'em a good kick in the face.

[Except that kinda backfired when she did it.]

voice;

[mistyarc.livejournal.com]

Well, there are the physical differences to take into account.

[And not responding to the horse bit because he'd rather obliterate that event from his mind.]

voice;

[perplexme]

Well that I get...but so what? [Sexes don't really make a difference to him in Nobody-logic.]

voice;

[mistyarc.livejournal.com]

That depends on whether you mean the societal or physical distinctions between sexes -- or another type entirely.

[voice]

[squaring.livejournal.com]

[... There's like a million ways he could answer that question. Buuut he's not getting into that.]

Well, it's not like everyone got a horse. I mean, I just got stuck with clothes!

[voice]

[perplexme]

At least I'm not the only one. I mean I got a pretty cool cape and a sword, but it's just not the same.

What'd they stick you with?

[voice]

[squaring.livejournal.com]

Ah... I guess you could've called it a robe, maybe? [Not entirely accurate though.]

[ voice ]

[repudiate]

... You know, if you're going to ask something like that you should be prepared to get some crude answers from people here. [ her own voice sounds a little deadpan. ]

[ voice ]

[perplexme]

I guess I should be happy that hasn't already happened. What kind of crude answers though?

[ voice ]

[repudiate]

I guess there are some people who would just say something along the lines of 'it all matters about what's in the pants', except in a more crude way.

If my older brother was here, I'm pretty sure he would have answered it in way too much detail.

[filtered]

[flaring]

Oho?

[Ignoring all that other stuff yes we are.]

[filtered]

[perplexme]

Battle dome. You up for it now?

[filtered]

[flaring]

You bet. You already there?

[ voice ]

[projectiled.livejournal.com]

[ Tenten offers a brief nod and a hmph for all of Roxas's reasoning. Someone has a right idea. ]

That's right. The only difference lies in biology. The rest of the differences are created and forced by society with stereotypes. Because of this, many people believe women can't be as strong or adept as men in hand to hand combat, or they can't be as tough as men. This isn't true, so it may not count unless you think that because people widely believe in this crap, it makes a "difference". [ The last part is said with a slightly mocking tone towards those that do think it's a difference. ]

[ voice ]

[perplexme]

I guess I mean...why were those stereotypes created in the first place? I've met a lot of really strong girls. It doesn't make sense.

[ voice ]

[projectiled.livejournal.com]

It probably has to do with sex or something. Because women carry and give birth to babies, that automatically makes them weak or something, maybe it has to do with something stupider like penetration and the penetrated is always the weaker one so it just carried onto gender norms. It's rather stupid either way - to base something off of primitive antics every other animal does. [ she sighs, a bit irritated at memories of being shafted because she was a kunoichi and not a medic nin ): ]

[voice]

[fortuneprince]

[Naoto can't say she's particularly surprised that Roxas is still thinking about their conversation though it is a little strange. No one's ever really been this concerned about it--except for Souji of course since he had to deal with her problems for the longest time. So in a way, it also makes her happy]

Have you received any answers that satisfy you yet?

[voice]

[perplexme]

Not really, but it's interesting that a lot of them fall along the same lines. Looks like it's common across all of the worlds, can you believe that?

[voice]

[fortuneprince]

It isn't all too surprising really. Even though we're all from different worlds, it seems we are all bound to the same common roles in society as each other so naturally the judgement isn't foreign to any of us.

[Such a pity too]

[action]

[fourteen]

[ ... Xion sees the filter, and decides she'll just go talk to him in person. Thankfully, it's been colder out, so she's got justification for the turtle-neck sweater she's wearing as she peeks into the kitchen where-- ]

... Roxas? What are you doing?

[ Were, rather. But still, what is with all that stuff. ]

[action]

[perplexme]

Trying to get Nea to embrace his inner artist. [Nea's sitting a few feet away from Roxas, just staring. He's not impressed.] I don't think he's in the mood right now though.

[doubleppk]

Girls can have babies and get pregnant, guys can't.

Except seahorses. Seahorses are weird.

[perplexme]

...what's a seahorse?