heck, this is getting further and further from "Post something good..."
To be fair to Lestat, the "slobbery" stuff was actually in another thread (which i would guess FWM read first)
But to be fair to FWM , and to reinforce her point, I did find that slobbery post embarassing, and was at a loss for a reply.
To be fair to Lestat , again, I would not be the least bit surprised to find that his RL behaviour is a lot more judiciouous than his posting style suggests. And I do believe that he has a good heart.
To be fair to FWM , "blergh" kinda hit the nail on the head, IMO.
And to be fair to Lestat: well, it would not be action of a real friend to keep such thoufghts to oneself, IMO, and let him carry on pissing people off, all unawares.
To further be fair to Lestat: I don;'t think we can reasonab;y demand that you like men and women equally. Most people do have a bias, after all. I, for instance, generally get on better with men, because they're more staight-talking than women. (though i also get on with Aspie women for the same reason) . And i've had mates who get along with women better than men, for non-creepy if utterly mysterious reasons . I think we can only ask that Lestat try not express that bias in too creepy a fashion!
To further fair to Lestat: he does like to use hyberboplic language, doesn't he? and not only of female friends but male friends too (wolfie springs to mind) and enemies off both sexes , or no sex at all; well, just about everything on this planet, basically. So it has to be viewed in that context, IMO.
To be further fair to FWM: she's a spazz. I'm a spazz . we're all spazzes here; and spazzes do tend to associate hyperbole (of the gushing, affectionate kind) with NT insincerity and hypocrisy, because that's what it usually indicates. Therefore the rising of the hackles is a naturally conditioned response to it.
To be further fair to Lestat: he is also a spazz, and not given to hypocrisy, so I think that's not an apptoriate response in this case. But that's bound to be the response he gets nonetheless.
Conclusion? sorry, guys, there is no conclusion, just a bunch of conflicting observations .