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?

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I think I've read the SGA version of that *gag*

I also love good Established Relationship fics, actually, the last SGA fic I've read is kind of a remake of The third man with a Established John/Rodney in the background that was just perfect, because it did feel very real. I like those fics, not the ones where we end up stuck in the gay version of the Stepford wives society. ;)

Gay marriage is a new thing. Heck, I live in a country where it is legal, and obviously our local TV shows are adapting to that. It's quite fascinating to see how it's embedded in local fiction. If it's something tricky when doing fiction set in a country where is legal, creating gay utopias doesn't help the narration, just as you point.