A brief aside...

[graculus]

Blair Sandburg is not, by any stretch of the imagination, 'exotic'.

Likewise Daniel Jackson is not 'willowy' or 'frail' or anything similar. At no point in the show's run (or even in the movie) could he be accurately described that way.

Ditto for Ezra Standish.

And let's not get started on the whole subject of competent, self-sufficient individuals bursting into tears at the slightest opportunity (be it running out of coffee, stubbing their toe, their favourite pot plant dying...).

Doesn't reading something like that just make you want to go "Have you actually *seen* the show?"?

Comments

[xochiquetzl]

Ewwwwww. That sounds like a seriously me-unfriendly fic.

There does seem to be an attitude in some places that, you know, ONLY SLASH THE PRETTY! It's sometimes combined with a butch/femme dynamic that mimics bad bodice-rippers.

I mean, okay. It's porn. I can see people wanting to read porn about people they find attractive. OTOH, one of the things I enjoy about written porn as opposed to movie porn is the more realistic body types/physical appearances. People without silicone boobs need luv, too! ;)

[atdelphi.livejournal.com]

Ewwwwww. That sounds like a seriously me-unfriendly fic.

Er, yeah. But to be honest, it's not the content that gets to me..it's that everyone in it is so damned out of character. *cough* That, and the fact that despite not even being edited for spelling and grammar, it gets gushing praise.

There does seem to be an attitude in some places that, you know, ONLY SLASH THE PRETTY!

The odd thing about Snape is that people seem perfectly content for him to be not-pretty, so long as he's slashed with someone who is. Even when these someones are people he's none too fond of in canon - Harry, Lupin, Black. But when he's written with equally un-pretty characters - Dumbledore, Filch, Hagrid - people give you the hairy eyeball.

Personally, I like giving the average, unattractive, interesting joes some attention too :-P

[xochiquetzl]

It's very sad. Fics are never labelled, "Warning: Appalllingly bad characterization!" Mainly because, well, if the author knew the characterization in a story was appallingly bad, they wouldn't post it. Occasionally you do see, "unbeat'ed cuz im a sucki riter NEway LOL!"

*resists urge to mock "unbeat'ed" by offloading rant randomly to own journal*

Um. Where was I? :) Oh, yeah. Again, that's a nice thing about fic--people are attractive for reasons other than, say, "He looked in the mirror and admired his broad chest, his flashing blue eyes, his perfect teeth!" Oy. Like, you know, because they're interesting.

Also, I like Snape/Hagrid, so nyah. ;)

[erynn999.livejournal.com]

Personally, I like giving the average, unattractive, interesting joes some attention too :-P

Like, oh, Frohike slash?

*evil grin*

[atdelphi.livejournal.com]

Yes!

Oh, I love Frohike slash. Especially Frohike/Langly. But Frohike/Byers is all right too. Mind you, the best is Frohike/Langley/Byers :-P

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