American Psycho for the Internet

[Zombie Badger]

Given the recent misogynistic crusades against Zoe Quinn and Anita Sarkeesian, I'm starting to think that it would be interesting if someone wrote a story along the lines of Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho, a satire which took the cutthroat world of banking to serial-killing extremes, but for the woman-hating internet generation.

I'm currently picturing the protagonist going on a lengthy diatribe about the importance of breasts:

"Soul Calibur is a truly distinguished achiever in this field. Breasts here are used as complex signifiers of personality and character instead of mere titillation and their growth over the series parallels the female cast's increasing strength and complexity over time.

Taki is an excellent example, with the tautness of her costume and the way it moulds to her bosoms representing the control she has over her fighting style, but not nearly as much as Sophita or Ivy, with the former's abandonment of any form of bust support in the forth game demonstrating her decision to rely on herself instead of others, and the latter's constantly shrinking outfits demonstrate her assuredness of herself, with her skin symbolising how much she feels she can bare her soul to the world."

Can anyone come up with anything more we could add? Plot ideas, characters or crazy ramblings about women would be great.

 

[DOOM GUY]

Well, like, it's funny and all, but I just don't know if it's a good idea or not.

 

[PsychicTaco115]

I thought we just call them neckbeards?

I prefer that stereotype to be perfectly honest

 

[Zombie Badger]

I thought we just call them neckbeards?

Neckbeard could be a good title.

 

[Barbas]

I don't think people will get it, but I do think the mods will be hearing about it for a while.

Either way, I wish you the best of luck.

 

[Darks63]

I thought we just call them neckbeards?

Neckbeard could be a good title.

The main issue with making them neckbeards is that instead of having a good story about a charming sociopath in the cutthroat world of banking/stocks like in AP you would instead have a socially awkward protag who would be less interesting.

A better idea would be to have it be a game journalist who has these intense misogynistic thoughts but can suppress them with copious amount of sociopathic charm. You would watch this man who used to work in a mostly male dominated field have to deal with the current debate and demographic shift. Watch as he charms women who in his mind are "fake gamer/geek girls" and then kill them in his attempt to stem the tide of female representation in gaming the field he has an unhealthy love of.