[ SECRET POST #2558 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2558 ⌋

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

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[Frozen]


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[Cabin in the Woods]


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[Trailer Park Boys]


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08. [SPOILERS for Elementary]



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09. [SPOILERS for Zelda comic]



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10. [SPOILERS for Breaking Bad]


















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11. [SPOILERS for Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures]
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Comments

[intrigueing]

I...sorta understand where you're coming from with this sentiment, because that's how I used to think, but tbqh, that's just not really how a lot of the most prominent and influential thinking and motivation behind slashing works.

Most slashers aren't seriously going "omg they're close friends so they obviously have to be gay!" they're going "omg how cool would it be if these close friends were gay? And since gay characters and gay romantic arcs are so underrepresented in official fiction, I'm going to fix that imbalance by writing about it in fanfic."

Because you see, while there are five bazillion books and movies and TV shows featuring male-female epic romances or storylines about male-female friends falling in love, almost all gay characters in mainstream fiction are a) largely defined by their sexuality, b) safely quarantined away in shows/books/movies whose main plot is about gayness, or c) a supporting character who doesn't do much. And unlike male-female romances, what few gay romances do exist almost never have that slow-burn subtexty will-they-or-won't-they arcs. So slash fanfic, like all fanfic, is an attempt to explore the things that canon didn't explore. In the case of slash fanfic, it's the possibilities surrounding the characters' sexuality.

Of course, this is about the 10% of good fanfic spared by Sturgeon's Law (that 90% of all fanfic is crap). The other 90% IS mostly "omg two pretty white boys" and "omg obviously romantic love is this magical heavenly thing that I know nothing about because I'm 15, and must be a gazillion times better than friendship!" Which is probably enhanced in no small part by the fact that girls (who make up most shippers) are continually bombarded by society with the idea that romance is the only kind of relationship that matters for them, and friendship is just frivolous stuff that comes before you find yourself a MAN.