[ SECRET POST #2493 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2493 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

Well, they are friends, but...

[(Anonymous)]

I would argue that most of those relationships have or have had an antagonistic edge to them (maybe not Gwaine/Merlin).

Re: Well, they are friends, but...

[jain]

1) That's not the case for the majority of popslash, bandom, and hockey OTPs. (Or at least not for how most writers write the pairings; the actual people could secretly hate each other for all we know.)

2) Re: the other relationships and their "antagonistic edge," I'm not entirely sure what point you're trying to make. Almost all friendships include a certain level of conflict; are you actually arguing that because, e.g., John and Sherlock fight constantly, there's no real difference between John's and Sherlock's friendship and Sherlock's and Moriarty's rivalry?

2A) In any case, the "antagonistic edge" these friendships have isn't unique to white guy-white guy friendships; you can see the same types of dynamics in Tony&Rhodey, Shawn&Gus, Wes&Gunn (in the earlier seasons), Wes&Travis, etc. Yet somehow those comparable white guy/PoC guy pairings are tiny, either because there's a vastly more popular white guy/white guy pairing in the same fandom, or because the fandom itself never really takes off despite its basically being fannish catnip.

Re: Well, they are friends, but...

[(Anonymous)]

If there ever was a pairing that should have been fannish catnip it was Wes & Travis. I just never got why the fandom never really went anywhere. I don't believe it was because they only had one season. Look at all the huge slash ships that exploded during their first seasons.