I feel like if people cared half as much about actual gay people as they do about pretending straight TV characters are gay, then maybe my life and the lives of many of my friends wouldn't be so hard.
*hugs*
I've never been much of a slasher - I like dynamics between guys, but it doesn't always have to be sex or 'special friendship' or however people need to see it. I'm still not convinced that slash is as subversively feminist as the people who talk about power imbalances between male and female and how slash eliminates that claim - if the only relationship that can be portrayed as power-neutral is male/male or female/female then surely something's wrong with our portrayals.
With the more explicit John/Teyla content that we have been promised, maybe this tiny little corner of fandom still has a chance to grow!
I'm hoping, but I'm not holding my breath. I know better than that...
Re: Part 2 of 2
*hugs*
I've never been much of a slasher - I like dynamics between guys, but it doesn't always have to be sex or 'special friendship' or however people need to see it. I'm still not convinced that slash is as subversively feminist as the people who talk about power imbalances between male and female and how slash eliminates that claim - if the only relationship that can be portrayed as power-neutral is male/male or female/female then surely something's wrong with our portrayals.
With the more explicit John/Teyla content that we have been promised, maybe this tiny little corner of fandom still has a chance to grow!
I'm hoping, but I'm not holding my breath. I know better than that...