[LMB] Re: Slash'n'Anime'n'Romance

Azalais Aranxta tiamat at tsoft.com
Mon Dec 11 15:49:23 GMT 2006


On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, Elizabeth Holden wrote:

>
> --- Sylvus Tarn <sylvus at rejiquar.com> wrote:
>
> > I think the question as to why no Bond slash is not
> > particularly hard to answer.  Well, who would he slash with?
> > The man's a selfish prick, and cares about no-one but
> > himself.
>
> LOL. I take it you aren't much of a Bond fan.  I think the
> answer there is that lover heroes don't lend themselves to
> slash - that the impulse to write slash comes from
> relationships perceived in the material being slashed.  Bond is
> not slashed becuase he works alone.  Napoleon Solo and Illya
> Kuryakin are slashed all the time, because they work together.

Anyone who thinks there is no Bond slash hasn't been looking very
hard.  There have been quite a few slash stories where Bond has
been paired with various male agents of his acquaintance.  Felix
is a popular choice.

~malfoy :)
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