Slasher's first rule- people are stupid.
Jul. 19th, 2006 09:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
skull_bearerThis says it better than I ever could.
I don't know why I like slash, but there are a lot of factors. Here are some of them and how they relate to my favourite pairings.
Squee-ness: When the characters are incerdibly cute together and I want to read a lot of sweet mushy stuff about that pairing. E.g.- Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon from Star Wars.
Hot monkey sex: Let's face it, who doesn't like reading about two guys getting hot and sexy? PWP and other hot sex, this is when the characters have a lot of subtext and I personally find them very attractive. E.g.- Jack/Will from Pirates of the Caribbean.
Good plot: Sometimes, it's not about the sex at all, but the way the pairing adds to or changes the existing canon to make it more intruiging, how the character would react to canon situations with this in mind. E.g.- Xavier/Magneto from X-men.
All of the above: Sometimes a girl (or guy) can just get lucky, and find a pairing that incorperates everything they love about slash. I think we can all guess it. E.g.- Raistlin/Dalamar, from Dragonlance.
I don't know why I like slash, but there are a lot of factors. Here are some of them and how they relate to my favourite pairings.
Squee-ness: When the characters are incerdibly cute together and I want to read a lot of sweet mushy stuff about that pairing. E.g.- Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon from Star Wars.
Hot monkey sex: Let's face it, who doesn't like reading about two guys getting hot and sexy? PWP and other hot sex, this is when the characters have a lot of subtext and I personally find them very attractive. E.g.- Jack/Will from Pirates of the Caribbean.
Good plot: Sometimes, it's not about the sex at all, but the way the pairing adds to or changes the existing canon to make it more intruiging, how the character would react to canon situations with this in mind. E.g.- Xavier/Magneto from X-men.
All of the above: Sometimes a girl (or guy) can just get lucky, and find a pairing that incorperates everything they love about slash. I think we can all guess it. E.g.- Raistlin/Dalamar, from Dragonlance.
