[He is taking it as a personal challenge not to let her fluster him, and right now he's half winning that battle.]
You think I got through any kind of respectable art program never having seen a naked woman?
[People were hard up for money in the Depression. It used to be, life models were prostitutes or hustlers looking to make a little on the side, but in the 30s it became common to see anybody down on their luck trying it out. Nudity without passion isn't anything that could even remotely ruffle him.]
[It makes him bristle a little, although he's sure she's kidding, it strikes him as being disrespectful to the men and women he's drawn, and his mouth thins a little in disapproval.]
Bodies tell a story. As an artist, you try to capture that. It's not always about being an ideal beauty.
[She raises an eyebrow, head cocked slightly to the side as she notes that bristling. But she wouldn't be her if she packed down, though she can also try to... backpedal, just a little.]
That's what I meant, Rogers.
[Well, it kind of is, but between her muscles and her scars, she sure as hell knows she's not most people's idea of beauty.]
[She watches him again for a moment, weighing up her next words, then:]
I hit a nerve. Sorry.
[If she's going to make this friendship thing work, she needs to be a) more self aware and b) willing to apologize when she screws up. And she does want to make this friendship thing work.]
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controlledvariable) wrote2014-10-18 03:43 pm
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You think I got through any kind of respectable art program never having seen a naked woman?
[People were hard up for money in the Depression. It used to be, life models were prostitutes or hustlers looking to make a little on the side, but in the 30s it became common to see anybody down on their luck trying it out. Nudity without passion isn't anything that could even remotely ruffle him.]
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You think some naked model in an art class has anything on me?
[like wow, Steve, rude.]
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Bodies tell a story. As an artist, you try to capture that. It's not always about being an ideal beauty.
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That's what I meant, Rogers.
[Well, it kind of is, but between her muscles and her scars, she sure as hell knows she's not most people's idea of beauty.]
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So long as we're clear.
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I hit a nerve. Sorry.
[If she's going to make this friendship thing work, she needs to be a) more self aware and b) willing to apologize when she screws up. And she does want to make this friendship thing work.]
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It's all right. But thank you.