This is kinda funny, actually
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emmagrant01You know what makes me go 0_o about all of this slash-bashing (on a post that is now locked, apparently *coughs*)?
We're arguing about fictional characters. Who never existed. Who aren't, you know, real people. Who gives a fuck what someone who does not exist does or doesn't do in bed? My fantasies are my fantasies, and I don't have to justify them to anyone.
That said, people have the right to have opinions different than mine, and even, lo, to express them on their journals. But to bitch about how slash fic is OOC?
To quote Hermione, "Oh, well spotted!" Slap me with a fish and call me Elmo, because I would never have realized how horribly OOC my characters are without someone pointing that little detail out. You mean, they don't actually blow each other in the broom shed? My god, what have we done??? *eye roll*
Of course it's fucking OOC. I made Harry and Draco GAY, for fuck's sake. I have actually read the books, and I did indeed note the distinct lack of buttsex in them. I recognize that the characters are not now, and probably never will be, gay in canon. Or even bisexual. And do I give a shit? That would be a no, because I'm not in fandom to write stories that "flesh out canon". People can do that if they want, and more power to them, but me? I'm here for the slash, basically. I'm all about Teh Gay, as are most of the people reading this, I imagine.
And I really don't care what other people think, ya know? I'm a slasher. I don't freak out when my ship is sunk, or when one of my OTP is killed. I live in my own little slashy fandom world, and I like it that way. It's nicer here. And we have better icons. So there.
Note: You know, I've written quite a lot of het, so this shouldn't be interpreted as a het vs. slash thing at all. It's about me boggling at someone throwing what they think is an insult at the whole slash genre -- when its OOCness is something I actually embrace. Go figure. :-P
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son_of_darkness even made a comic about it, hee!
We're arguing about fictional characters. Who never existed. Who aren't, you know, real people. Who gives a fuck what someone who does not exist does or doesn't do in bed? My fantasies are my fantasies, and I don't have to justify them to anyone.
That said, people have the right to have opinions different than mine, and even, lo, to express them on their journals. But to bitch about how slash fic is OOC?
To quote Hermione, "Oh, well spotted!" Slap me with a fish and call me Elmo, because I would never have realized how horribly OOC my characters are without someone pointing that little detail out. You mean, they don't actually blow each other in the broom shed? My god, what have we done??? *eye roll*
Of course it's fucking OOC. I made Harry and Draco GAY, for fuck's sake. I have actually read the books, and I did indeed note the distinct lack of buttsex in them. I recognize that the characters are not now, and probably never will be, gay in canon. Or even bisexual. And do I give a shit? That would be a no, because I'm not in fandom to write stories that "flesh out canon". People can do that if they want, and more power to them, but me? I'm here for the slash, basically. I'm all about Teh Gay, as are most of the people reading this, I imagine.
And I really don't care what other people think, ya know? I'm a slasher. I don't freak out when my ship is sunk, or when one of my OTP is killed. I live in my own little slashy fandom world, and I like it that way. It's nicer here. And we have better icons. So there.
Note: You know, I've written quite a lot of het, so this shouldn't be interpreted as a het vs. slash thing at all. It's about me boggling at someone throwing what they think is an insult at the whole slash genre -- when its OOCness is something I actually embrace. Go figure. :-P
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son_of_darkness even made a comic about it, hee!
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Re: slash =/= porn
Date: 2006-07-27 01:00 am (UTC)When I said: "Porn is about sex, of course, and how you get there, realistic or not, is inconsequential." I meant that the realism of the plot (HOW YOU GET TO THE SEX) is inconsequential. The Pizza man turns out to be a really hot boy, who bends you over the sofa and gives it to you long and hard? Ok, I'll buy it. It's porn! Let's get to the sex part!
When men talk about how unrealistic SOME slash is, they are not just talking about the sex scenes, they are talking about the characterization of the men. You must have encountered slash, where the behavior of the men was suspect. Haven't you? Some people say that slashers "feminize" men, making them sappy and cheesy and I don't know what. I don't agree, because I've never met women like the "men" portrayed in some slash fics.
"Women don't kiss like that!" or "At least try to pretend to look interested!"
What you are talking about here is the actual sex, which should, in porn, be as realistic as possible. I too dislike when the men have that "dead-stare" look, which is sometimes more prevalent among the "gay-for-pay" porn stars.
I hope I've cleared things up.