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Aug. 17th, 2011 02:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
baudownYesterday, I clicked on an SU Herald link titled "Slash vs. Same-sex Pairings." The link can be found at http://su-herald.livejournal.com for Monday, August 15, 2011.
I am a relative newcomer to fandom in general, and to slash in particular. So I was a little surprised about the negativity being expressed regarding slash, although having subsequently poked around, it seems to be pretty common. I responded to the post, but without the benefit of having considered these issues for more than very briefly. So....
...I'd be very interested in hearing people's thoughts about this, if you'd care to share them.
Also, I'd be really interested in hearing what got people into slash in the first place, and why people are drawn to it. I've been thinking about this quite a bit, since I've discovered this interest later rather than sooner in my own life. I know how I got here, and I know some of the reasons it appeals to me, but in a kind of jumbled and incoherent way.
Hope to hear from you!
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Date: 2011-08-23 01:07 pm (UTC)I discovered your rec list a couple of months ago, and I'm on it all the time. It's a gold mine.
I'm strangely excited to read Song of Iowa.
Oddly, I've stumbled across some Sentinel fic and enjoyed it, even though I've never watched the show. I didn't pursue it, because apparently only Season 1 of the show is on DVD, and I don't want to start it and not be able to finish. I've also read some Stargate Atlantis fic that I liked, although I haven't watched that show. either. But when I read fics and haven't watched the show, I do always feel like I'd enjoy them so much more if I knew the back story. I think about how much I'd be missing if I were reading BtVS/AtS fic without having seen the show. It's hard to imagine it would be understandable.
X/G...still tough for me, but I won't discount it for the future. Hey, I felt that way about S/X, and now look!
If you haven't read Anna S.'s Spike/Riley story, this is it:
http://eliade.livejournal.com/92401.html
I highly recommend it. If you've already read it, good!