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I'm just going to come out and say it as this has been a long time in coming...
I do not understand the appeal of making a favorite character or characters gay. It seems an odd fantasy to me because, seriously, if it were possible for your favorite hot male character to exist, would you really want them gay? To me, it's kind of like whipping up your all time favorite meal only to hand it over to someone else.
Now, if it's all about kink... I don't want to know.
This isn't a slam to anyone who writes slash. It's just that, ever since I discovered what the slash genre was, its popularity has boggled me. I mean, sometimes I get it in terms of the emotions involved with such a pairing. I'm well aware some like it for kink purposes only. Other times... I don't know. Some authors act like its impossible to have their two favorite characters of the same gender in the same room without them falling in love.
I'm sure everyone has their own reasons for liking the genre and I'm curious to hear them out (or why you don't like the genre, whatever your position.) I tend to be a very hard core "if this is the way it is, then this is the way it should be" kind of person. If you like the character and they're straight on the show, why make them gay in your stories? So when I say it boggles me, I mean it really, really boggles me.
There, I finally asked it. I didn't want to as I was afraid people might get offended (a lot of touchy people in fandoms, or so I hear) or think this some kind of anti-slash meme. But I've held off asking long enough. I'm not trying to start a debate, I just want to hear what people have to say on the matter (so no arguing, insulting, etc.) I'm just really freakin' curious, dang it!
I do not understand the appeal of making a favorite character or characters gay. It seems an odd fantasy to me because, seriously, if it were possible for your favorite hot male character to exist, would you really want them gay? To me, it's kind of like whipping up your all time favorite meal only to hand it over to someone else.
Now, if it's all about kink... I don't want to know.
This isn't a slam to anyone who writes slash. It's just that, ever since I discovered what the slash genre was, its popularity has boggled me. I mean, sometimes I get it in terms of the emotions involved with such a pairing. I'm well aware some like it for kink purposes only. Other times... I don't know. Some authors act like its impossible to have their two favorite characters of the same gender in the same room without them falling in love.
I'm sure everyone has their own reasons for liking the genre and I'm curious to hear them out (or why you don't like the genre, whatever your position.) I tend to be a very hard core "if this is the way it is, then this is the way it should be" kind of person. If you like the character and they're straight on the show, why make them gay in your stories? So when I say it boggles me, I mean it really, really boggles me.
There, I finally asked it. I didn't want to as I was afraid people might get offended (a lot of touchy people in fandoms, or so I hear) or think this some kind of anti-slash meme. But I've held off asking long enough. I'm not trying to start a debate, I just want to hear what people have to say on the matter (so no arguing, insulting, etc.) I'm just really freakin' curious, dang it!
