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[graculus]

Don't you just hate it when you're happily reading a slash story and it's interesting, with well-written supporting original characters and a clever premise and then suddenly the protagonists are exchanging rings and getting married/bonded? Or is it just me that objects to grown men (or at least mostly-grown) losing all their semblance of a backbone and turning into blushing wannabe brides?

[Poll #750600]

Comments

[seanchaidh.livejournal.com]

For me, it depends on how it's portrayed. I mean, it all depends on the guys in question, right? Even in RL, my uncles won't do that, but their best friends have been "married" for 20 years and I'm not sure if they're going to take advantage of the gay marriage law (while it's still here). And I know another couple who've been married for a year, and I have the sense their marriage was mushy like a bad slash fanfic. ;-)

[graculus.livejournal.com]

I think what the author was aiming for was 'sweet' and what (for me) she actually hit was 'horrendously camp and overblown', which is of course bound to be someone's ideal. Just not mine, apparently. ;)

[seanchaidh.livejournal.com]

And not for people who are, well, connected to RL. :)

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Well, like you say, I'm sure there are some people out there for whom this is their experience of RL but how many of them are likely to be reading the fic? ;)

[seanchaidh.livejournal.com]

Only the Shadow knows?