On 2001.10.05 at 17:49, jkwleisemann_at_yahoo.com (Jason Leisemann) wrote:
> 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 heís 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 ñ
> but Iíll 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 ñ definitely
> non-poly. Now, this may come as a surprise to many
> people ñ 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 ìOdor-able Kitty,î where we
> discover that Pepe is actually married, and cheating
> on his wife. Thus, he is not poly ñ or, if he is,
> heís a very poor example of it. The vast majority of
> poly people wouldnít do that sort of thing to their
> spouse ñ they clear it with them before they begin
> ìzee woo-eeng.î
> 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 ìOdor-able Kittyî ñ the cat in
> question is a TOM, not a queen! Also, Pepe has a
> cameo appearance in the much later ìDog Pounded,î
> where he woos Sylvester in the end (much to
> Sylvesterís dismay, implying either a good sense of
> smell, or heterosexuality for Sylvester ñ but thatís
> for another article.)
> Now, what particular kinks would Pepe have? Well,
> the obvious answer is ìcross-species,î but I would
> argue that since he THINKS that his partners are
> skunks, thatís not the case. Of course, when he
> discovers that they arenít 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
> ìWild Over Youî cartoon, where he woos a wildcat. On
> the multiple occasions when the cat in question mauls
> him, he has two responses: ìI like eet,î or ìIf you
> have not tried eet, do not knock eet!î There is also
> strong evidence that he normally wants to be the dom
> in a relationship ñ besides the obvious
> ìball-and-chainî gag in ìThe Catís Bah,î 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 ìA Scent of the Matterhorn,î with his
> closing line: ìAcres and acres of girls ñ and theyíre
> mine, ALL mine!î
> 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 ñ 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 ñ just as long as heís downwind when we do so.
Great essay and very well researched. I have a few illustrations to
go along with it too if you want them. A full set of vidcaps is also
already up in the Anthro_Skunks eGroup.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Anthro_Skunks/files/Vidcaps/WildOverYou.zip
BTW, Pepe also made a cameo in Unnatural History with a very cute
female skunk.
--
Michael J. Rider, aka Ixbalam http://i.am/ixbalam
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Received on Fri Oct 05 2001 - 18:32:29 CDT