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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2015-09-21 07:11 pm

[ SECRET POST #3183 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3183 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2015-09-22 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I'm a huge slash fan and I like to read slash for the dynamic -- how the characters interact with each other. I empathize with them, sure, but I don't insert myself because I'm not the character and doing so, I feel, kind of destroys what makes them unique and interesting.

I can get immersed in their mindset but "insertion" to me implies hollowing the character out and filling them up with my attributes and mindset rather than trying to understand the character.


Same here. About the only way I really "insert" myself into a slash story I write or read is if I have a crush on character A in the pairing, and I'm writing or reading from the perspective of character B, who has the crush, thinking about all the things they find attractive about A (that I'd also find attractive).

Outside of that, yeah, I wouldn't identify with a male character quite the same way I would a female one.