Xenrek >> #25261
Posted on 2013-05-07 17:16:44 Score: 1 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
Same reaction everytime my old highschool principle would try and explain the dress code restrictions.

Mr_Ruse >> #25269
Posted on 2013-05-07 18:55:03 Score: 5 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
If they tell you that, you should undress on the spot.

Make sure you have tattooed yourself with middle fingers all over before doing so.

Anonymous >> #25297
Posted on 2013-05-07 23:10:28 Score: 11 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
Ugh... I was hoping this comic wouldn't end up here. It would be nice if people in fandom would quit turning Dirk into their social justice poster boy and treating him as a stereotype of gay men in the process.

I mean, you all do know that Dirk presents as hella masculine in canon, right? And that treating him as your personal crossdress-up doll is caricaturing him based on his sexuality?

Xenrek >> #25315
Posted on 2013-05-08 00:48:07 Score: 11 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
@Anon, and how is crossdressing "unmasculine"? are you saying that a man must be feminine to wear women's clothing? are you prepared to make that statement in front of a large group of Scottsmen and Scandinavians?
The whole joke about the Strider's is their personality of "just being me, fuck this". which means fanart can give the "strider-excuse" anytime they have them doing ANYTHING, so long as its amusing.

if you recall theres plenty of fanart of Dave "crossdressing" aswell, and hes canonically at elast into females.

also, dirk is form the future, with the development in culture, whos to say in his time clothing is even "regulated" between men adn women?

Ninety >> #25318
Posted on 2013-05-08 00:53:47 Score: 0 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
^ Kilts aren't considered a feminine article of clothing at all.

Chocoboo >> #25320
Posted on 2013-05-08 02:11:02 Score: 7 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
Xenrek, I believe the Anon is annoyed with the stereotype of "all gay men believe that they are truly feminine in the inside and they secretly want to be women or flamboyant and constantly cross-dress". That line of thought still exist in fictional media, that has male gay characters, today(though admittedly it's getting better) so it's understandable why people would get annoyed with images like this when Canon!Dirk is far from the "camp gay" stereotype as you can get.

Anonymous >> #25324
Posted on 2013-05-08 02:29:22 Score: 4 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
You don't have to be flamboyant to be feminine nor do you have to be "camp gay" to crossdress. I've herd of plenty of straight men who crossdress merely to get in touch with their feminine energy and also to rebel against the rather mysogynistic notion that anything feminine is considered below the heterosexual male.

There is feminine energy within all males, just like there is masculine energy within all females. To deny that defintely kind of suspect as to why you would feel the need.

tldr crossdressing has nothing to do with sexuality

Chocoboo >> #25327
Posted on 2013-05-08 03:04:55 Score: 8 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)


Unfortunately, many people do believe that cross-dressing(for non-gag or non-theatrical related reasons) is 100% directly related to one's sexual orientation and many of them are writers and producers of fiction. I assume seeing Dirk in drag brings out some terrible memories of how gay men are usually portrayed in stories when Dirk seems like a breath of fresh air to many people.

Anonymous >> #25329
Posted on 2013-05-08 03:53:53 Score: 4 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
That doesn't really make their opinions right though. Unfortunate side effect both of stereotypes in gay culture and the patriarchy at large, using femininity as a symbol of inferiority. I get where you are coming from but putting down one societal piece of bs by perpetuating another one pretty much cancels out any original good intentions.

(Not to mention the fact that nothing stereotypically "gay" is going on here. I see no limp wrists or gay lisp accents or prancing going on and the whole point of this piece is to not restrict gender expression by something as superficial as clothing)

Chocoboo >> #25332
Posted on 2013-05-08 04:29:49 Score: 2 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
Anon, I do agree with many of your points you've raised. Though I believe that we are looking too deep in this discussion than what Hussie seemly intended for Dirk's characterization. He probably just made Dirk to what he believes was an average idea of masculinity and have him be sexually attracted to the same sex. He never shown any interest in wearing woman's clothing, heck he seemed to be pretty picky on his clothing if his disappointment in the Godtier Prince's poofy pants is any indication.

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