[LMB] Re: Slash OT:

[Azalais Aranxta]

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Kalina Varbanova wrote:

> Also, my 2 cents of the younger generation PoV: In about 95% of
> the friendships I've had, both sexes, there has been a point of
> the idea crossing my - and their - mind of a suggestion that
> the friendship could move on in that direction. in 2/3rds of
> the cases, or thereabouts, this wasn't even IMPLIED in real
> actions, but the thought has definitely been there. As none of
> my friends reads fanfic - I wasn't reading fanfic myself until,
> oh, this October - I am positive this isn't a reflection of
> slash in RL. Actually, I get the impression that slash - and
> its implications that William objected to - are actually a
> reflection of an RL actuality.

I think that if you're heterosexual (or exclusively gay/lesbian)
this obviously happens only in relationships with the gender to
which you're attracted, but if you're somewhat bisexual, the
potential's always there if there's any attraction at all.

The thing is, of course, that one makes a choice at some point,
either to pursue a platonic or an erotic connection, and in some
relationships the choice happens once and you never look back
whereas in others, you sort of have to choose every day.

I think slashers glom on, for the most part, to the relationships
where, for whatever reason, it seems like the tension never goes
away, even if the choice appears to be made.

Of course, different people differ as to which relationships
those are, which is why there are tensions in fandoms over
pairings.

~malfoy

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