Talk:Bolin/@comment-138.67.70.95-20120502065209/@comment-3338975-20120504053221

Anon, a guy can notice these things without dedicating his eyes to them when he's around the girl. It's not that a heterosexual male's mind is expected to be totally neutral and passing by women with a basically bland-izing gaze, nor that he's supposed to regard all females as ugly unless he has their say-so - obviously, this would not be natural. What I would take issue with is the notion that just because a guy's first look at a girl registers a physically attractive form within his gaze, that that simple fact gives him the right to peer at her as something natural no matter how matter how far he takes it, without regard to her status as a fellow person. And yes, my eyes registered that Korra is rather attractive in certain ways; however, as a man who believes in respecting our common humanity in all the forms it may take, I do try to then move my mind on to other things, hijacking these "natural impluses" to propel me to become interested in her character development above the level of her appearance, as long as they last. Perhaps I don't do this to the degree that's actually possible for a male to do, but I do think it's worth the effort (however depression may try to point elsewhere). In regards to Bolin, that's probably all Mysteria was really trying to say.