curious

[cornerofmadness]

How dependent we can get on things. Earthlink crapped out on me today and I was a puddle of babbling goo. And i really needed the break since I'm making up exams and needed to unwind. Pouts. So I called evil_little_dog and we were both laughing so hard at MXC we were less talking on the phone than pointing and giggling at the TV.

Been reading a lot of shonen-ai manga lately, (and just my luck I'm at the library surrounded by my manga picks, which for those who don't know, shonen-ai are male homosexual comic when one of teh math profs from my school pops over to my table. Head desk). Curiously I've been considering writing a slash pairing for the first time ever. And I do mean ever. Mostly I've always eschewed it, especially when I know the actors and/or creators are against the changing of sexual preferences for their creations. Even when I know the creator doesn't much care (like Joss for instance) mostly I've not seen very convincing cases being made for a lot of the pairings I've seen. So this sudden urge, for the first time in 20 + years of writing fanfic (I've written homosexual characters in my original fic since high school so that's no big for me) is surprising.

Though I was highly amused reading the conclusion of "Ghost", one of the shonen-ai which concluded with the two boys getting together and ends with them fighting who's going to be the bottom and my first thought was Angel/Spike. This is one of the ways slash often fails to grab me, is the total ignoring of personality types. Two highly dominant tops usually don't work. Ah well, the little things that amuse me.

and speaking of amusing, back to thinking of my exams. Ah, the smell of fear in the morning, nothing like it. Whee, I've found a job that plugs into that slightly sadistic part of my personality.

Comments

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

Nooo! Not you, too! It's like invasion of the body snatchers! One by one, everyone gets sucked in, until I'm the last one left, being chased around LJ by the bug-eyed slash!zombies!!

ehhhhhhh,

[ryuu-artist.livejournal.com]

eh, i have a question for you, what is it that women find so atractive about shonen-ai (i should be able to answer this myself because i am one, but i can't)
It is against my higher morals, and better instincktes to even go near that stuff. I have nothing against gays, infact some of my friends are gay, but i don't see why people who are dead straight find this stuff so atracktive, (though i do think angel is hot).
Then again i'm not a big buffy fan either, i watched it for a little while (angel was REALLY HOT, not many people can get me to do that) It was just alittle to melodramatic for me. I feal it got abit manotonis after a while.
i would like to hear your fealings on this

[mzzgoddessblue.livejournal.com]

Earthlink is your internet, I take it?

I think i'd just curl up in a little ball, suck my thumb and make 'ga-ga' noises if my internet died. Heh.

and i soooooooo told you to add gay anime porn to your school site info stuff..then they wouldn't be so surprised when they stumble over you reading it on the sly. Heh.

[sita-137.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, you think your sadistic part is slight? [snicker]

I've never been one for gratuitous slash, and the instances I've seen haven't convinced me to change my mind yet. Maybe if you write something I'll be a convert...

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

See, I don't think Spike is dominant at all. Not around Angel, in any event. But I think their relationship is all about power issues.

I have a new fic: Fairytale of New York (http://a2zmom.livejournal.com/90735.html)

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

What sita and a2zmom said.

"Slight". *snickers mightily*

But yes, same boat, same dock. Uh huh.

[dinpik.livejournal.com]

You...didn't happen to get sucked down the Rabbit Hole (http://crisper.livejournal.com/73274.html), did you?