Most of the Highlander fic recs I've seen are for Duncan/Methos first time. Is it because there's nothing to do with the relationship once established? No penguins, MPREGs, or "aliens made us not do it"?
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Betsy HP - Jan 26, 2006 8:42:29 am PST #6784 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Dana - Jan 26, 2006 8:43:28 am PST #6785 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I think it's more because fandom tends toward first-times, as a rule.
Betsy HP - Jan 26, 2006 8:44:43 am PST #6786 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Ah. I hadn't noticed that as much in the Buffyverse, so was operating on an incomplete sample.
Dana - Jan 26, 2006 8:48:33 am PST #6787 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Hmm. It may also be more true in slash than in fandom in general. Anyone else want to weigh in?
Vortex - Jan 26, 2006 8:50:57 am PST #6788 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
there's a lot of first time fic in the SV fandom, but also quite a bit of "established relationship" fic. it's cause committed!Lex is such a woobie.
Betsy HP - Jan 26, 2006 8:52:33 am PST #6789 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
There's tons of long-term Angel/Spike slash. Being vampires and all, they've got time to kill, but you'd think the same would apply to Immortals.
shrift - Jan 26, 2006 8:58:03 am PST #6790 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Er. I could be talking out my ass, but I think it depends on the main pairing in a slash fandom. Like, in Due South, you've got Fraser and Kowalski, who are partners and buddies and canonically sled off into the sunset together, and there's a lot of established relationship fic out there. I think Duncan and Methos fall more on the Insurmountable Obstacle side of things, and thus there's a big emotional payoff in getting them together.
Um. If that makes any sense.
DCJensen - Jan 26, 2006 8:58:38 am PST #6791 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
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Dana - Jan 26, 2006 8:58:42 am PST #6792 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah, but we saw Duncan and Methos meet on the show. I bet that makes a difference.
shrift - Jan 26, 2006 9:08:49 am PST #6793 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
And there's Amanda, and Duncan killing Methos' ex-boyfriends, and Methos killing Duncan's ex-girlfriends, and really, they've not got a lot of time during the series for established relationship goings-on. At least, not until a few years later.