My evil plans, frustrated...
May. 4th, 2006 08:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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przed's Man from UNCLE panel at MediaWest this year, but I found out today that one of my panels has been moved to clash with it so my evil plans will come to naught! :(
Yep, I'm running two panels - one on Wild Wild West (Would the 1960s show work on TV today? Too sexist, too macho, or too gay?) and one on writing the less popular pairings in your slash fandom. I'm co-modding the latter, having run something similar to that a few years back and I find the whole subject interesting.
After all, what is it about some of us that we seek out (or have thrust upon us) the pairings that other people ignore or just plain don't appreciate? I'm hoping my espousal of Daniel/Teal'c and Ezra/Nathan can't just be put down to a simply-described kink which any viewer of the show might point out, but is about the characters and not just their physical characteristics.
I'm going from the OTC standpoint here as well - the One True Character who I find the most appealing and can happily slash with more than one other. Some might even say that any Ez-slash comes under the 'less popular pairing' label, considering the strength of the Chris/Vin side of the fandom.
Any thoughts, as always, appreciated as I try to formulate my thoughts for the end of the month... ;)
przed's Man from UNCLE panel at MediaWest this year, but I found out today that one of my panels has been moved to clash with it so my evil plans will come to naught! :(Yep, I'm running two panels - one on Wild Wild West (Would the 1960s show work on TV today? Too sexist, too macho, or too gay?) and one on writing the less popular pairings in your slash fandom. I'm co-modding the latter, having run something similar to that a few years back and I find the whole subject interesting.
After all, what is it about some of us that we seek out (or have thrust upon us) the pairings that other people ignore or just plain don't appreciate? I'm hoping my espousal of Daniel/Teal'c and Ezra/Nathan can't just be put down to a simply-described kink which any viewer of the show might point out, but is about the characters and not just their physical characteristics.
I'm going from the OTC standpoint here as well - the One True Character who I find the most appealing and can happily slash with more than one other. Some might even say that any Ez-slash comes under the 'less popular pairing' label, considering the strength of the Chris/Vin side of the fandom.
Any thoughts, as always, appreciated as I try to formulate my thoughts for the end of the month... ;)
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Date: 2006-05-06 06:46 am (UTC)In some cases, there really is no alternative to the OTP because the chemistry is just so overwhelming that you have to work really hard to find another pairing to slash and some people then just end up doing something different for perversity's sake (or because they dislike one of the characters or indeed the fans of that character - see Jonas Quinn as the Not-Daniel for an example of this behaviour!).
For me, if characters have been onscreen together, there may well be enough of a hook for someone to write it but I would remain to be convinced in a lot of cases that there's anything of substance there. But then a good writer can convince me of all sorts of things!