Plot: In a way it's the ultimate realization of the gender-boundary smashing that is slash. Take the tendency for a top/bottom dynamic in a m/m pairing, where the bottom is very often the more passive/sensitive/geeky/"feminine" of the two. Combine that with the idea that a lot of the emotional side of slash is the creation of a romantic (even married) couple. What do couples do? They have children. The combination of the two lovers into a new life is that ultimate realization of love. In a way, it's only natural.
I think I'm weird because half the time I don't see the gender-smashing thing in slash. I mean, sometimes yeah and all well and good, but then the rest of the time it's making one man into what a woman is "supposed to be" and that... okay, that sort of creeps me out a bit.
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Date: 2004-07-19 11:40 pm (UTC)Plot: In a way it's the ultimate realization of the gender-boundary smashing that is slash. Take the tendency for a top/bottom dynamic in a m/m pairing, where the bottom is very often the more passive/sensitive/geeky/"feminine" of the two. Combine that with the idea that a lot of the emotional side of slash is the creation of a romantic (even married) couple. What do couples do? They have children. The combination of the two lovers into a new life is that ultimate realization of love. In a way, it's only natural.
I think I'm weird because half the time I don't see the gender-smashing thing in slash. I mean, sometimes yeah and all well and good, but then the rest of the time it's making one man into what a woman is "supposed to be" and that... okay, that sort of creeps me out a bit.
*worries is weird in some way*