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⌈ Secret Post #2551 ⌋

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[Resident Evil movies]

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04. [SPOILERS for something but idk what]

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05. [SPOILERS for Frozen]

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06. [SPOILERS for Bioshock Infinite]

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07. [WARNING for rape]

[Martin Freeman]

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08. [WARNING for rape]

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09. [WARNING for domestic abuse]

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I like slash and I ship these two guy characters, and squee over their gay-ish moments, but 90% of all the discussion and fanfic about them is done in a way I absolutely despise -- basically, minimizing or undermining all the things about them that's important to them as characters, made them interesting and important parts of the 'verse they inhabit, and made me actually like them as people in the first place.

So whenever I try to seek out material from my fellow slashers, I'm repeatedly finding myself trying to read stories about two incredibly boring, one-note, selfish guys whose love makes everyone around them miserable a la Brokeback Mountain, and have been stripped of everything that I actually like about them because it makes them slightly more gay (and it's not like they don't have plenty enough gay moments in canon). Or watching people writes pages of discussion and meta attempting to analyze them in a way that's geared so narrowly towards the goal of making every single second of their presence into evidence of their mutual gayness that these fans have constructed two incredibly one-note, unlikable, self-obsessed dudes who think about nothing except how their love for each other consumes every single aspect of their being and how they DGAF about anything else, which is SO far from what the characters are like in canon.

The only respite I have is that I've found a few really adorable, beautiful, hot, or vividly evocative pieces of fanart. Art is all moments and feelings, and so they manage to capture the adoration I have for the ship. Unfortunately, there isn't much fanart, and I'm not a big fanart person -- much more interested in fic. Arrrggghhh. It's no fun doing things all on your own. I wanna see some actual exchange of ideas, I have no desire to be in my own little bubble.

What pairing is it?

not ayrt

comments like those always leave me all "come on, don't be so mysterious, you are already anon!"

Ayrt

My thoughts exactly. I want to know, damn it!

Gotta admit to being curious too. At least narrow it down to a fandom?

Dean/Cas? cmon, tell us! We'll probably agree with you, you sound reasonable. (Though tbh this is probably most slash fandoms because some people just want to throw the characters into romance novels and that's not gonna change.)

I liked Charles/Erik in theory but eventually realised that I got all the angst and gayness I wanted out of the movie. I can never get a hold on Erik in fic, I think I prefer looking at him.

lol Charles/Erik was my first thought when I read this.

it's hard to out-angst or out-gay that movie, lbr.

*sigh* Okay, it's canon!Sherlock Holmes/Dr Watson. I didn't want to say because I think some other people here ship them too. I hope I'm just looking in the wrong places.

However Improbable has some of the best fic: http://excessant.com/HI/index.htm

You can try cox_and_co on LJ but honestly that place went to shit the day BBC!Sherlock aired the first episode. A lot of authors removed their stuff when BBC!Sherlock was included in the community, and since then not everyone tags or tags appropriately. There are still a few gems though, and some of the authors are more than happy to get sucked right back into the fandom and ship if you contact them.

Sadly, the best forums shut down rather than deal with the BBC Sherlock horde :( But Sherlockian.net has some links for various incarnations of the ship and some of them include works based on the canon. http://sherlockian.net/pastiches/index.html

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Like a slash pairing in theory, but not in practice?

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