[ SECRET POST #2312 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2312 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, but I'd rather watch a show about a fat person who hunts demons or is a werewolf than a show about a fat person who goes to fat camp.

[sabotabby]

Me too. More well-written female characters, more fat characters, more POC characters, etc. I'm all over that. But I am mostly into genre TV or very, very well-written drama—it has to have a plot that I'm into watching in the first place. Otherwise, I might as well watch a documentary.

[bur]

That would be an awesome show.

[insanenoodlyguy]

Suspension of disbelief crushed. The people who'd hunt superhuman creatures would presumably have to be in shape themselves. Not to mention the athletic demands of the roll.

Unless you wanna get some techy hunter in the mix, but even then, rules of drama demand high physical activity. Running to save somebody, etc.

Though it we watched a character actually get in shape as the show progressed, that'd be all kidsa awesome.

[(Anonymous)]

If rolls had athletic demands, nobody would get fat in the first place.

[chardmonster]

Jerk I can roll very well.

[pts]

There's a very wide range of body types that you can wind up having and still be in excellent shape. I recommend watching some roller derby in case you require evidence of this.

[insanenoodlyguy]

I'm aware of the existence of different body types. But since most stunt people are not small, the demands of a large person in an action role would be significant (look I spelled it right!) or the stunt outfit would have to be very well done.

I think we'd see that person change shape naturally. Which again, would be a fascinatingly realistic touch (being thrust into a significantly more physical lifestyle would tend to do that to people)

[(Anonymous)]

Sammo Hung as a demon hunter.

"Big" guy who's probably in better shape than anybody here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammo_Hung

[brandiweed.livejournal.com]

Why not a Nero Wolfe-style monster hunter, ie they're brilliant at the research and analysis and have others do the legwork?

[(Anonymous)]

How would it require any more suspension of disbelief than tiny waifish girls who can knock a dude/robot assassin/monster across a good-sized room with one kick? You can get away with a hell of a lot if you can manage to make it cool enough.

[likeadeuce]

OK, but there's also suspension of disbelief involved in a tiny tiny girl having super strength the way Buffy does. Superpowers can't break the laws of physics. She just doesn't have enough body mass to do a lot of the things we see on screen. If realism was really involved, then girls in demon fighter shows would be built more like female athletes than the tiny, super-skinny builds they seem to have.

(I'm not slagging on tiny girls in fantasy shows. It's just that we let this lack of realism go when it dovetails with TV beauty standards).

[(Anonymous)]

This is a thing I have with Homestuck fandom. As a fat person I don't think it's offensive to not draw any of the Alternian trolls as fat, because I don't think the Alternian lifestyle of constantly running for their lives and hunting their own food would allow them to get all that fat (with the possible exception of Gamzee who appears to live on pie and soda). The Beforans and the humans, however, yeah, it's nice to see some of them drawn more well-padded.

[sara]

You've...never been in a physical altercation with a fat person, have you?

[(Anonymous)]

I see this argument from time to time, but I still think it's weird that our conception of "fit" is the kind that can be attained through highly specific exercise routines that actors do for the sake of *looking* a certain way. A lot of times, functional muscle isn't that big, puffed up looking muscle that a lot of actors get, either. For example, men mostly only get nice-looking pecs because they specifically seek to acquire nice-looking pecs, not because the exercise needed actually serves a purpose. It's a pretty huge stretch for me to believe a man actively on the run, who presumably spends some free time working out to stay healthy/fit, would look more like, say, Jared Padalecki than Kevin James.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm rolling my eyes at you because, yeah, past a certain point larger people aren't going to be able move as well - but that point is higher than you'd think. I know a lot of fat distance runners and a lot of fat sprinters (and yeah, they aren't up there with professional athelets, but the characters running speed often aren't actually *that* fast - usually on the fast end of normal - nothing special enough to get a mention).

Also, the rules of drama DON'T actually require that every character run. Usually there are a few characters that don't run much (often the woman in very high heels - and if you believe that she can ~obviously~ run fast enough to save everyone's life, but a fat person couldn't ~possible~ be fast enough your an idiot.)

[(Anonymous)]

Well, now, maybe obese people wouldn't be hunters, but if you ever met/saw any actual bounty hunters, you'd see all kinds of different body types and I could see any of them going after supernatural baddies. Skinny doesn't always mean athletic.

[(Anonymous)]

Actually that made me think. Just like monster hunter show, normal detective show needs an active lead but there is also detectives like Miss Marple and Poirot. So could we have something similar here? I want an small old lady who kicks ass because she has survived this long and knows almost everything about monster including all their weak spots and how the protect herself without using muscle.

If there already is show like that, please tell me. I just realised I need this!

But back to the main topic, similarly I can think ways that fat people can use to hunt supernatural. It would also be something that makes the show different from all other action packed series. I don't know if anyone else want to see something like that but I do.

[intrigueing]

Exactly ;)

[(Anonymous)]

THIS!

fat monster hunters

[(Anonymous)]

You know what I always wanted to write/read/watch? A story about a fat vampire. A vampire who was fat, but was also a vampire who, er, sucked fat (there has to be a better way to phrase that) the way bog-standard vampires suck blood. Other vampires think there's something wrong/creepy/gross about this poor fatsucker, who can't pass on their new form of vampirism and make more fatpires. This poor shmuck doesn't suffer from standard-vampire weaknesses, although they sweat a lot, but at least they're never broke and don't have to worry about starvation any time soon--unlike blood, there's an awful lot of people who'll pay them to take fat away, and their rates are extremely reasonable.

Re: fat monster hunters

[pocky_slash]

Fat Vampire by Adam Rex, which is the first thing you want, not the second thing.

Re: fat monster hunters

[(Anonymous)]

Well, here's a manga one-shot about a fat vampire

http://mangafox.me/manga/arcana_anthology/v04/c012/1.html

Re: fat monster hunters

[(Anonymous)]

Fat White Vampire Blues by Andrew Fox (http://www.amazon.com/Fat-White-Vampire-Blues-Andrew/dp/0345463331)
and it's sequel
Bride of the Fat White Vampire by Andrew Fox (http://www.amazon.com/Bride-Fat-White-Vampire-Andrew/dp/0345464087/ref=la_B001IXO6EY_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1368498349&sr=1-3)

[(Anonymous)]

THIIIIS! I think the whole fat camp thing just underlines that "Look LOOK! This character is fat and that's everything there is to her/him so we shall make this about fat camp!"
Why can't we just have a fat person, asexual, homosexual, etc hunt demons and being baddasses without the show just making some big drama about how they are "abnormal".

Also, I pretty much NEVER watch TV-shows which are about modern day drama, no matter what the cast is. I don't give a shit whether they are attractive or not. Those just aren't my cup of tea, they mostly just depress me.