And he was obsessed, even - with Bob's breasts. Femininity he craved, but forgivable b/c involuntary
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yeah from this POV you can read a lot into how Narrator is more obsessed with Marla than Tyler
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Marla predates Tyler, the inciting incident of the whole story is Marla's appearance
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Narrator freaks out at Marla, rejects her, she disappears and suddenly Tyler is there
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and notably Tyler sexually dominates Marla but his other key trait is he does not give a shit about her
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the self-contradictory fantasy of intimately knowing all abt women but not being affected at all
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Tyler himself is interesting - he has "feminine" traits like dressing flamboyantly
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Narrator's weird manhood fetish is tied up in hyper-masculine shit like ignoring hygiene & appearance
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and yet Tyler is always very well dressed and well groomed and pretty
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the movie plays that up, Tyler mocks a male model in an ad as effeminate and masturbatory
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but one of the images you see in that scene is an ad for a different movie with Brad Pitt
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all the shit the Narrator rejects is shit he obviously wants but can only locate externally
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this rises to the surface w Blond Jared Leto and "I wanted to destroy something beautiful"
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