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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-11-18 02:28 pm

[ SECRET POST #2147 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2147 ⌋

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Re: Older Lesbian Romance Recs?

(Anonymous) 2012-11-18 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I remember at least two Hercule Poirot movie/live-action adaptations that had older lesbian characters, but I can't remember the names or enough of the plots to look them up, sorry.

If you're willing to dig through fanfiction for a cartoon, Kim Possible's biggest or second biggest pairing (I never did find out which one truly won out), was the titular character and her arch-nemesis, Shego. Many fanfics are set years after the series took place so both characters are adults, and although there is definitely some "lesbians are hawt!" crap, there are some... well, if not good, at least decent stories featuring romance, adventure, struggle, and so on. (I want to say they were good for fanfiction standards, but it's been so many years since I read those fanfics so they might not have been as great as I remember them!)

There are many in fanfiction.net and in other archives. Just google "kigo fanfiction".

Re: Older Lesbian Romance Recs?

(Anonymous) 2012-11-18 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks a million. I will definitely keep it in mind, as a new active fandom to get into is always awesome for femslash.

I'm guessing it's shipping against canon as well though, right? Not that that's such a big deal if there are great fics.

But I'm just - in the whole vista of our romance-centric culture, I can't believe no professional has ever done a love story for older women??

Re: Older Lesbian Romance Recs?

(Anonymous) 2012-11-19 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
It's not very active, actually, since the cartoon ended, but there are really big archives for the pairing, which is why I brought it up.

It wasn't canon, but fans often wondered if the writers knew about the shipping, because the last season got some moments that were a little on the teasing side, compared to the previous seasons, and there was even one episode where the two characters got on friendly terms due to plot shenanigans.

" I can't believe no professional has ever done a love story for older women??"

I'm sure it's out there, but my guess is that the people pulling the cranks in the big media machine don't want to take the plunge promoting those because blah blah blah heteronormative demographics blah blah blah must not alienate blah blah blah.

With how many books are published every year, there have to be some out there, right? And there have to be movies and such out there too, that see very small releases. :(
caecilia: (Jade :D)

Re: Older Lesbian Romance Recs?

[personal profile] caecilia 2012-11-19 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Kim/Shego is not canon, but they have a LOT of onscreen moments together and it's pretty easy to read as subtext.