The Zone

[ithildin]

No, not that one!

I participated in this over at carenejeans, so I'm posting it here.

Everyone has things they blog about. Everyone has things they don't blog about. Challenge me out of my comfort zone by telling me something I don't blog about, but you'd like to hear about, and I'll write a post about it. Ask for anything: latest movie watched, last book read, political leanings, thoughts on slash, favorite type of underwear, writing techniques etc. Repost in your own journal so that we can all learn more about each other.

I'm striking the politics, only because it's not outside my comfort zone -- I talk/post on the subject frequently in places that just aren't here [g] I made a very specific choice to keep this journal politics free so I had one place on the internet that was a buffer zone from my usual haunts :)

Comments

[dejla.livejournal.com]

Oh, the hell with it... thoughts on slash.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

There's a lot of it out there [g]

[dejla.livejournal.com]

Ba-ba-dum-dum. And exit, stage right.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

It's odd you should ask, since I was pondering slash related topics on my walk to work this morning. M/M is a reading preference like anything is. It still mystifies me as to why it's so popular. I mean, yes, I've read all those slash discussions as to why over the long years, but me myself, I don't *get* it. Know what I mean? [g]

On the other hand, I've had female friends who are m/m slashers tell me they don't get why I like f/f. Different strokes and all :) The best I can come up with is that I get an emotional reaction from f/f, whereas m/m leaves me feeling, well... meh. And yet, I always seem to end up in m/m slash dominant fandoms. Which is kind of strange. But then I'm strange, so maybe it's not so odd after all!

That's the best I can do at the end of a long day, I'm afraid :) If we ever meet in RL, we can discuss it over a good bottle of wine, because verbalizing it is much easier! (are you coming to Vegas?)

[lilliew.livejournal.com]

I'm the same way. M/M does nothing for me. I'm not against it, I just don't see the excitement about it. I find F/F a little more interesting, but definitely M/F is my preference.

[dejla.livejournal.com]

I'm the same way, I suppose. I do prefer f/f to m/m, but a lot of it, I think, is that I simply don't see slash as a possibility in most universes. It strikes me as OOC for most of them.

I do see at least a possibility and a likely probability of slash in Highlander (ff and mm) and in Sentinel, for differing reasons.

It may simply be that I don't have slash goggles, as people say. And a lot of times, I find myself in fandoms with a great deal of slash, and it can be a little frustrating. But--again, this is only IMHO, and I would never say that anyone shouldn't write it in any fandom they choose.

Which just reminds me that I need to do the story about Duncan and Methos some day, the one I call "Adam Pierson Must Die"...

[pat-t.livejournal.com]

Actually I would love to sit down with a good bottle of wine and discuss slash with you in Vegas. Of course, I'm not a *lets slash anyone* kind of girl either. I adore these guys *points to icon*

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

You're closer to me in slash terms than most of my other friends. I'd say that pretty much all my friends are dyed in the wool slashers, and most all their fandoms are slash ones. Like ninjababe [g] Actually, one of the few fandoms she doesn't slash is Highlander.

I'm used to being the minority :)

And you're on for that bottle of wine!

[ninjababe.livejournal.com]

I wanna be in on that convo!

I'm a big slasher, but I don't see it everywhere like a lot of people I know do...

And, I can see slash in Highlander, just not Duncan... He's too straight-laced for it to 'mesh' in my mind.