It's that people are taking straight characters and making them gay, you see.
Yeah, I know. It's absolutely true. But I never talk about this, because it's a slippery slope. That gets into characterization, and I'm hardly one to talk about that, am I, t00by D/G shipper that I am? Yet, all the time, I do want to say, "Okay, but there are levels and levels of characterization, and with every level, you're going further and further out of the realm of possibility."
Still, assuming that believability is put aside, and it's believable for Draco to like Ginny and vice versa, and for Harry to like Draco and vice versa, it still doesn't answer my question of why so many slash writers insist on turning either Draco or Harry (or insert whatever male character of choice) into women. Of course, I am also one of those people who do not in the least understand the attraction of, say, MPREG. *shudder* Or, again, two weepy women with penises, which is what I find all too often in slashfic.
why don't there seem to be that many fans of slash featuring actual gay characters?
How true this is, Ropo. How true this is. It's this twisted thing where I don't believe these people actually find homosexual men attractive, and yet neither are they truly making them men in these stories. I have no idea what's going on, and thinking about it too much makes my head hurt.
And definitely re: the Cool Factor. That exists in the HP fandom. In fact, I have half a mind to believe that it created it, it's so prevalent. :D But what's ironic about that, of course, is that the preferences that are supposed to set them apart as being "refreshing" and "avant garde" are instead making them just like everyone else. Hahahhahahaa.
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Yeah, I know. It's absolutely true. But I never talk about this, because it's a slippery slope. That gets into characterization, and I'm hardly one to talk about that, am I, t00by D/G shipper that I am? Yet, all the time, I do want to say, "Okay, but there are levels and levels of characterization, and with every level, you're going further and further out of the realm of possibility."
Still, assuming that believability is put aside, and it's believable for Draco to like Ginny and vice versa, and for Harry to like Draco and vice versa, it still doesn't answer my question of why so many slash writers insist on turning either Draco or Harry (or insert whatever male character of choice) into women. Of course, I am also one of those people who do not in the least understand the attraction of, say, MPREG. *shudder* Or, again, two weepy women with penises, which is what I find all too often in slashfic.
why don't there seem to be that many fans of slash featuring actual gay characters?
How true this is, Ropo. How true this is. It's this twisted thing where I don't believe these people actually find homosexual men attractive, and yet neither are they truly making them men in these stories. I have no idea what's going on, and thinking about it too much makes my head hurt.
And definitely re: the Cool Factor. That exists in the HP fandom. In fact, I have half a mind to believe that it created it, it's so prevalent. :D But what's ironic about that, of course, is that the preferences that are supposed to set them apart as being "refreshing" and "avant garde" are instead making them just like everyone else. Hahahhahahaa.