| I remember one of the original "[[incest]] slash" fandoms, from the early-to-mid-80s--"[[Simon and Simon]]" fandom. My friends and I were *so* bewildered by that and, when it was explained to us by proponents that "of course they're having sex, look at how much they love each other," it was (in modern 'net vernacular) a real *headdesk* moment for us. | | I remember one of the original "[[incest]] slash" fandoms, from the early-to-mid-80s--"[[Simon and Simon]]" fandom. My friends and I were *so* bewildered by that and, when it was explained to us by proponents that "of course they're having sex, look at how much they love each other," it was (in modern 'net vernacular) a real *headdesk* moment for us. |
− | It's the Vulcan in me--I need to see a logical extrapolation from the media source product to the suggested extra-textual relationship (slash or het). Connect all the dots for me--explain what is in canon (the characterizations, backgrounds, history, specific relationships, physical setting, time period, larger culture and worldview, etc.) that makes it possible (or even likely) and also rationally explain away whatever there is in [[canon]] that mitigates against it. <ref> comment from [[klangley56]] in [http://goodnightsong.livejournal.com/235854.html the subject of slash], dated June 1, 2008, accessed Feb. 11, 2011; [http://www.webcitation.org/5wNOTl2kY WebCite]. </ref>}} | + | It's the Vulcan in me--I need to see a logical extrapolation from the media source product to the suggested extra-textual relationship (slash or het). Connect all the dots for me--explain what is in canon (the characterizations, backgrounds, history, specific relationships, physical setting, time period, larger culture and worldview, etc.) that makes it possible (or even likely) and also rationally explain away whatever there is in [[canon]] that mitigates against it. <ref> comment from [[klangley56]] in [http://goodnightsong.livejournal.com/235854.html the subject of slash], dated June 1, 2008, accessed Feb. 11, 2011; [https://archive.ph/AA27 archive link]. </ref>}} |