things i do not get

[schmerica]

a. People who say the reason they do not like a specific slash pairing is because Character A reads to them as straight, when they read *other* slash pairings with Character A. (I can get that you might not think a certain pairing has subtext to support it or whatever, but I don't get how you can go from "OMG RAY VECCHIO IS THE STRAIGHTEST GUY EVER" as the *specific* reason you don't like F/V and still love Ray/Ray. I mean, I know RayK is a superstud, but still.)

b. People who say RPS is gross and/or wrong, but who are perfectly willing to rec stuff and make exceptions for a story that involves the characters are cult leaders or murderers. (If kissing and being bouncy and joyous with their bandmates is, you know, disrespectful or stalkerly or blah blah rps is wrong ... then, uh, how exactly does your worldview make Flesh Mechanic okay? I mean, I think it's a great story, but I'm not going around declaiming the end of the world, so whatever.)

c. Why do I keep signing up for classes that take place during dinner time? ARGH. (I actually know the answer to this one. It's because I'm stupid and don't learn from my mistakes.)

d. Why do I find the combination of first and second person so engaging and charming? First person stories, I mean, that are directed to a specific person. Obviously all epistolary fic fits into this category, and dude, do I love the genre; and there's also china_shop's I love you without knowing how, and my own favorite of my due South stories. Hmmm. (I have nothing to add in parentheses for his part.)

Comments

[akite.livejournal.com]

Just reading comments here and expressing what I think. When I started out in dS, I wouldn't have read Ray/Ray on a bet. Then, well, you know, some good writers convinced me, and I got bitten by the bug too. I still don't care much for F/V, mainly because I don't see their relationship as slashy. I do love Vecchio and when I write Ray/Ray I either place it before either of them ever met Fraser or after Vegas and RayK is back in Chicago for whatever reason. I totally freaked the first time I heard RayV talking in my head. OMGWTF! Get outta here! :g: