Seriously, where are you digging all this shit up from? LOL. I thought I had a handful of comments/threads from the stone ages over on camera_lucida, but this stuff is pretty ancient too. (Ancient by netland standards, that is. Not necessarily by our standards 'cos apparently we've gone from three weeks to three months.)
The two phrases from LotR that were never going to be forgotten by the slashers are: the Horn of Gondor and the Crack of Doom. I mean, really. Just. How can you not? LOL.
Like, okay, do you watch Psych? I can’t remember. Anyway, I have actually written Shawn/Gus and I can see why people slash them but to me, they are so brother-type of thing - it’s weird how some pairings that you would think would be obviously slashy for me, just aren’t even though they totally love each other.
We talked about Psych a bit before. It's a show that I watch if I catch it on TV but I don't follow it religiously. It's fun and zany. I've caught some really memorable episodes though, like when Jane Lynch guest starred as Shawn's mom. She was amazing, of course. Also saw the ep where John Cena (is that his name? The wrestler?) guest starred as Jules's brother. But yeah, I totally get your point about how these two are bromance through-and-through and how they obviously love each other. They were never slashy for me either. I can think of two reasons why. The first is awfully shallow. My slash pairings have to be hot, as in sexy and smoking. I don't find either of these guys, hot, either separately or when they're together. If I can't picture the boys naked and having sex, it's not gonna work. Sorry.
The second reason is a tad more intellectual. I honestly don't think there's enough tension in their relationship to merit slash. I also like my slash pairings to have a (usually twisted) psychological dimension with the potential for darkness. In fact, the more taboo or fucked up the relationship, the more I'm attracted to it and that explains why incest totally works for me. (Sam and Dean? Elladan and Elrohir? Boromir and Faramir? It's all good. Notice how all those men - and elves! - are really hot too. *g*)
So, yeah. Shawn and Gus were never destined to be slashed. Neither were Legolas and Gimli because even if the Elf is smoking, I can't imagine the Dwarf naked and doing dirty things to him. And if I tried, it would squick me out.
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Date: 2011-11-22 04:43 pm (UTC)The two phrases from LotR that were never going to be forgotten by the slashers are: the Horn of Gondor and the Crack of Doom. I mean, really. Just. How can you not? LOL.
Like, okay, do you watch Psych? I can’t remember. Anyway, I have actually written Shawn/Gus and I can see why people slash them but to me, they are so brother-type of thing - it’s weird how some pairings that you would think would be obviously slashy for me, just aren’t even though they totally love each other.
We talked about Psych a bit before. It's a show that I watch if I catch it on TV but I don't follow it religiously. It's fun and zany. I've caught some really memorable episodes though, like when Jane Lynch guest starred as Shawn's mom. She was amazing, of course. Also saw the ep where John Cena (is that his name? The wrestler?) guest starred as Jules's brother. But yeah, I totally get your point about how these two are bromance through-and-through and how they obviously love each other. They were never slashy for me either. I can think of two reasons why. The first is awfully shallow. My slash pairings have to be hot, as in sexy and smoking. I don't find either of these guys, hot, either separately or when they're together. If I can't picture the boys naked and having sex, it's not gonna work. Sorry.
The second reason is a tad more intellectual. I honestly don't think there's enough tension in their relationship to merit slash. I also like my slash pairings to have a (usually twisted) psychological dimension with the potential for darkness. In fact, the more taboo or fucked up the relationship, the more I'm attracted to it and that explains why incest totally works for me. (Sam and Dean? Elladan and Elrohir? Boromir and Faramir? It's all good. Notice how all those men - and elves! - are really hot too. *g*)
So, yeah. Shawn and Gus were never destined to be slashed. Neither were Legolas and Gimli because even if the Elf is smoking, I can't imagine the Dwarf naked and doing dirty things to him. And if I tried, it would squick me out.