--- Shad Devil <Shad_Devil_at_gmx.de> wrote:
> Aww, don't be chicken, just post it openly here, we
> are ALL your
> friends ^.^
You asked for it. And here it is. And folks, blame
Shad.
I'll warn you - the main reason it's as
semi-frightening as it is, is because I was SERIOUS
about what I wrote, and it shows. References and
everything. Not just an opinion piece, but an
honest-to-god report. The sort you COULD turn in to a
teacher, if he was as crazy as you were.
The bad news is that while I was able to get this
together, my 60+ pages of Swat Kats fan-fic just went
down the tubes. I'm going to have to try and re-key
from hard copy, if I can get it to print.
And now, without further ado -
On Pepe le Pew
By: Jason Leisemann (there, I admitted it!)
Pepe le Pew holds a place of great distinction in the
annals of furry-history. While not the first furry,
he is perhaps the first popular one to give it the
full-fledged sexual connotations it often has today.
Not only that, but he’s one of the first non-Disney
skunk furs known to the majority of the world. Having
watched most (if not all) of his cartoons over the
years, several things occur to me about Pepe le Pew,
which I would like to get down on paper.
Whether or not any of you psychos out there read this
and find it interesting is of secondary importance –
but I’ll play along, for the sake of my fellow
psychos.
First, there is the question of monogamy vs.
polyamory. In other words, is Pepe le Pew poly, or
non-poly? The answer, to me, is simple – definitely
non-poly. Now, this may come as a surprise to many
people – after all, he chases after a new girl in
every cartoon there is! However, the fact of the
matter is that, even if we do invent a sort of
continuity between the cartoons, there is strong
evidence that he is not poly but, rather, simply not
loyal to his partners. The most obvious example of
this is in the cartoon “Odor-able Kitty,” where we
discover that Pepe is actually married, and cheating
on his wife. Thus, he is not poly – or, if he is,
he’s a very poor example of it. The vast majority of
poly people wouldn’t do that sort of thing to their
spouse – they clear it with them before they begin
“zee woo-eeng.”
Next, we have the question of sexual orientation.
While it would seem to most who have seen him that he
is unabashedly heterosexual (and aggressively so), it
would seem that he is at least somewhat bisexual.
Again, I would bring up “Odor-able Kitty” – the cat in
question is a TOM, not a queen! Also, Pepe has a
cameo appearance in the much later “Dog Pounded,”
where he woos Sylvester in the end (much to
Sylvester’s dismay, implying either a good sense of
smell, or heterosexuality for Sylvester – but that’s
for another article.)
Now, what particular kinks would Pepe have? Well,
the obvious answer is “cross-species,” but I would
argue that since he THINKS that his partners are
skunks, that’s not the case. Of course, when he
discovers that they aren’t skunks, he generally goes
along with the gag. So there's no being quite sure -
he could just be an obsessive personality, or he could
be into cross-species. However, it is definite that
there is a touch of masochism in him. Besides all the
trouble he goes through to get his girls, there is the
“Wild Over You” cartoon, where he woos a wildcat. On
the multiple occasions when the cat in question mauls
him, he has two responses: “I like eet,” or “If you
have not tried eet, do not knock eet!” There is also
strong evidence that he normally wants to be the dom
in a relationship – besides the obvious
“ball-and-chain” gag in “The Cat’s Bah,” there is also
his thorough dislike of being the person being chased
in some of his earlier cartoons, when the girl starts
after him instead!
And, of course, it would seem that, while he is not
poly, he is fond of multiple partners. This is best
demonstrated in “A Scent of the Matterhorn,” with his
closing line: “Acres and acres of girls – and they’re
mine, ALL mine!”
It certainly seems that Pepe is the first character
in the mass media to throw sexual inhibition
completely and totally to the winds. Then again,
perhaps none of this matters. After all – Pepe is
hardly an ordinary skunk fur. But he has inspired
greatness since then, regardless of his own
particulars. For that, we must thank this odiferous
lover – just as long as he’s downwind when we do so.
=====
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Hate breeds only hate;
Distrust breeds distrust;
Suffering breeds suffering;
Only caution and common sense can bring resolution.
Jason KW Leisemann
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Received on Fri Oct 05 2001 - 17:50:01 CDT