slash fiction - responses

[Diana <dianasdolls@yahoo.com>]

heiditandy asked:
>Which part is extremely disgusting? The PG-13 rated fics that pair 
>Snape and McGonagall or the ones that pair Snape and Lupin? 
>And if so, why is it disgusting? Why would it be disgusting if the 
>fics were R-rated? 

Vicki wrote:
I certainly think that everyone is entitled to likes and dislikes, 
but 
The "extremely disgusting" comment seems... rather rude, like 
talking down or condemning anyone who likes that.  I'm going to just 
point that out while assuming that isn't the way you meant it to 
come across.

Me: 
I was referring specifically to the Lucius/Draco incestuous pairing 
Cassie mentioned at the very beginning of post.  Even if that fanfic 
piece was written by the greatest writer of all time, I would not 
find an incestuous relationship between a father and son, even 
between two characters I dislike [almost love to hate], in the 
slightest bit appealing.  
These are fictional characters, true, but child sexual abuse is, 
unfortunately, very real.  No offense to Cassie, I know she was just 
mentioning the strangest fanfic pairing she'd ever seen and was 
praising it as actually well written by her comments, but I would 
not find a fictional story promoting a 'beautiful' sexual 
relationship between a father and his son as particularly helpful to 
the cause of real children sexually abused everyday in this 
country.  I just can't see any appeal in such a pairing knowing what 
I do about this subject.  

And to address Vicki's comments specifically, why is my choice of 
words and my expressing my own opinion "rather rude"?   I will not 
read and cannot understand other people's avid interest in writing 
and/or reading slash fiction about the Harry Potter characters, 
especially the three main characters.  These are my feelings right 
now at this very moment with the characters as currently written in 
canon.  I didn't expect avid fanfic fans to automatically agree with 
my comments, but I did expect them to understand my point of view as 
I accept their right to write and/or read it.  I do not believe that 
people who read and/or write slash fiction are terrible, deranged 
people or anything of the sort, though I must state that I truly 
wonder about the specific person who wrote a Lucius/Draco pairing.  
Everyone's tastes are different and I accept that – I just can't see 
the appeal myself.  As for the Draco/Lucius pairing, I, personally, 
find that scenario nothing less than disgusting for many reasons.  
My point of view is exactly that – *my* point of view.

Just because I do not agree with other posters about this and don't 
enjoy reading slash fanfics myself does not mean I condemn those who 
read or write that kind of fiction.  To each his own.  This is just 
like my mental block for logrhythms in high school [never did get 
those], I just can't get past their lack of appeal to me on many 
levels to sit down and read one.