I need some vocabulary. What's the technical term to describe intense same-sex emotional relationships that are not explicitly physical? Doesn't "homoerotic" contain some idea that the people involved are physically intimate, or at least thinking about it?
I'm thinking of the classical Victorian relationships that, as far as we know, stayed subliminal. Housman. Rhodes. That sort of thing. People all of whose emotionally passionate relationships were with the same sex, but who thought of themselves merely as confirmed old bachelors/spinsters.
homoaffectionality is the term.
See also "Boston marriage"
I've seen arguments that some of those were sexual, and people just didn't talk about it.
I've seen arguments that some of those were sexual, and people just didn't talk about it.
Some were, but the term implies an arrangement that isn't.
Just listened to Doug Petrie's commentary for "The Initiative". Another good one from him.
I forgot to ask before but has anyone else spotted Andy Hallet's cameo in "Hush"?
OK Just seen "Sleeper" (brilliant) and the one after (SPOILERS:
Not so brilliant; slayerettes suck a bit, the speech was awful. But Nosferatu had some cool wire-fu. Oh and THAT'S NOT GILES!
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Jim, in the NAFDA thread (white-fonted): they're calling your Nosferatu the "Grr Arrgh" guy from the end of the credits ( Jon spotted it)
Just for the record, I'm probably the most behind in seeing both AtS and BtVS episodes (my tape fairy only magicked me until OMWF), but I'm thoroughly spoiled (not American spoiled, but my special UnAmerican read-only-episode-descriptions-once-they-aired spoiled), so no sort of discussion will bother me in any way.