Fanfics with slash & sex...I don't get it

[Diana Lucas]

Cassie posted:
>What are some of the strangest pairings >you've
"seen? My top one has to be
>Lucius/Draco...yes...Lucius Malfoy and Draco Malfoy.
>While the idea of an incestuous relationship is a
>little..um..0_o;   The fanfic I read with this
>pairing was actually very beautiful.  

>Then there's the Snape/Harry pairing.  Snape/Lupin.
>Snape/Black. 
>Snape/McGonagall. Snape/Hermione. 

Extremely disgusting.  I'm glad my son doesn't know
how to read my email or find fanfics online.  Triple
yecch!

I honestly don't understand the appeal of all these
slash pairings.  I suppose people will write what they
like, but I won't be reading any of it.  I like the
characters too much as they are written to go changing
their sexual preference on them!  If the Harry Potter
books introduced a gay/lesbian character I wouldn't
try to pair that character up with someone of the
opposite sex in a fanfic I wrote, so I can't see
trying to pair up hetrosexual characters with someone
of the same sex.  Besides, I can't see 11 to
14-year-old children [the age span of Harry, Ron and
Hermione from PS/SS through GoF] being written as
having sex at all.  Why can't child characters remain
children without people writing about them having sex?
 Yeah, free country, I know, so the writers have a
right to write that if they wish - and I support their
right to do it - I just refuse to read it.

It's fun to dream up alternate stories for the
characters from TV shows and movies, but the best fan
fiction I've ever read, whether it's Star Trek, Star
Wars, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X-Files or Lord of
the Rings, has kept true to the characters as
envisioned and outlined by the ORIGINAL
creators/writers of the characters.  I haven't even
ventured into Harry Potter fanfics because I won't be
happy if I stumble onto some ribald sex scene between
characters currently no older than 15 (as of the
anxiously awaited OotP) or "secret lustful glances"
between Ron and Harry.
 
I know I sound like a prude or some religious fanatic,
but I swear I'm not.  I just can't fathom the appeal
of those kinds of fanfics at all and am admitting it. 


Diana







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