Not weighing in on the current discussion.
I just want to throw in my 2 cents for my favorite crossroads demon, the sultry second who gave Dean only a year in exchange for his brother's life.
Buffy: Synchronized slaying. Faith: New Olympic category?
'Conversations with Dead People'
Supernatural 2: Why is it our job to save everybody?
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ehab - Aug 26, 2010 7:59:32 am PDT #13151 of 30002
...all my words have been taken by my work. - Mala
Juliebird - Aug 26, 2010 8:01:26 am PDT #13152 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
archie's got another good rant and insights here [link]
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 26, 2010 8:15:22 am PDT #13153 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Honestly, as far as I've been informed, some people just like doing some stuff, and that dictates what happens in bed. It doesn't have to be a big sexual politics mapping of their personality.
The gay community does tend to equate one's preferences with personality type and gender roles, however, so slash writers aren't just making it up out of nowhere.
§ ita § - Aug 26, 2010 8:30:20 am PDT #13154 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
slash writers aren't just making it up out of nowhere.
See, that's entirely what I was afraid of, that what I'd been told by friends was not representative.
Then again, not my sex life, so it shouldn't be so depressing. But now I start to suspect everyone, since it's evidently more widespread than I'd imagined, and that includes former and potential partners.
Calli - Aug 26, 2010 8:31:53 am PDT #13155 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Just because Dean has well-honed maternal instincts doesn't mean he can't either top or Dom, for crying out loud.
Not at all. Of course, now I'm picturing Dean topping in a Mommie-Infantilization scene with Cas. There's a frilly apron and a diaper involved, by the way. Thanks so much for that mental image.
Amy - Aug 26, 2010 8:33:17 am PDT #13156 of 30002
Because books.
There's a frilly apron and a diaper involved, by the way.
MY EYES.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 26, 2010 8:37:29 am PDT #13157 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
No mystery why Sam says yes to Lucifer and his burn-it-all-down approach in that scenario.
Beverly - Aug 26, 2010 12:04:37 pm PDT #13158 of 30002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Anne, I loved your rec. Exactly the sort of story I love. I want them around in some form or other to enjoy and poke a little fun at their own legend.
Matt, do you have a link, or possibly breadcrumbs, to yahtzee's goodnight moon story?
I suspected switching wasn't really the norm, but my egalitarian little heart still likes the idea. I really strongly resist the notion that one's position, preferred or not, in bed dictates one's place in a relationship. I have no patience with wimpy women in romance stories. I have less patience with writers who turn either male in a gay romance into a person with no will or motivation of his own.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 26, 2010 12:57:12 pm PDT #13159 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Amy - Aug 26, 2010 1:27:01 pm PDT #13160 of 30002
Because books.
Heh. Matt, I love that.