Re Fiona's interesting post in response to Leah.
If the frequency of the 'with him or be him' (him usually =Avon) posts on the Other List are anything to go by, an awful lot of female fans claim to identify with their preferred character, rather than lusting after him/her.
Tavia (Apologies for the abysmal typing, I'm away from the office, and never did learn to touchtype properly on my laptop..)
Tavia said:
If the frequency of the 'with him or be him' (him usually =Avon) posts on the Other List are anything to go by, an awful lot of female fans claim to identify with their preferred character, rather than lusting after him/her.
The two are not necessarily distinct processes though--for some people, lust is a matter of complementarity, for others finding someone as much like one'sself as possible--that is, either same- sex or other-sex object choice can have a narcissistic element too.
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