I talked one of my fannish buddies into reading FOD; she argued that it's not really slash (!) because there's too much plot relative to sex &/or romantic payoff.
I'm kinda boggled to read that :D Okay, fandom does loff its porn - I mean, most of fandom exists for its porn! But if you pick up a 300,000 word story, you BETTER understand that this story is going to be largely about plot and relationship dynamics....cause how much frakkin' porn can there really BE in there? (don't answer that....)
I see FoD as an example of slash at its most skillful - it's not only a same sex pairing, it's a pairing that is brought together despite a fairly unrelenting reading of the canon dynamic of intense conflict. Slash is at its best when it keeps characters in-character (everything from "they hate each other" to "straight" is maintained), and makes us believe they fall in love any way. And there's no WAY you can read Rush/Young in FoD as anything other than love, even though the extremity of their situation keeps them from having the time or energy to do much romance :)
Okay, I think I'm missing things, but this comment has gone on long enough.
....have ya LOOKED at the comments in this thread so far? No such thang! :D
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Re: Force Over Distance
Date: 2012-08-07 12:50 am (UTC)I talked one of my fannish buddies into reading FOD; she argued that it's not really slash (!) because there's too much plot relative to sex &/or romantic payoff.
I'm kinda boggled to read that :D Okay, fandom does loff its porn - I mean, most of fandom exists for its porn! But if you pick up a 300,000 word story, you BETTER understand that this story is going to be largely about plot and relationship dynamics....cause how much frakkin' porn can there really BE in there? (don't answer that....)
I see FoD as an example of slash at its most skillful - it's not only a same sex pairing, it's a pairing that is brought together despite a fairly unrelenting reading of the canon dynamic of intense conflict. Slash is at its best when it keeps characters in-character (everything from "they hate each other" to "straight" is maintained), and makes us believe they fall in love any way. And there's no WAY you can read Rush/Young in FoD as anything other than love, even though the extremity of their situation keeps them from having the time or energy to do much romance :)
Okay, I think I'm missing things, but this comment has gone on long enough.
....have ya LOOKED at the comments in this thread so far? No such thang! :D