[HPFGU-OTChatter] Fanfics with slash & sex...I don't get it

[IAmLordCassandra at aol.com]

Diana wrote: 

> 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. 

I understand just how you feel. Still, I think it is interesting to speculate 
about the 'what ifs'. If a fic simply has...say...Draco and Harry just 
randomly deciding to have sex, then to me that isn't a very good fic. If, 
however, the story has a strong plot line and it makes sense, then to me 
that's a good fic. 

~Cassie~ 



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