Not dead. Just sleeping.

[septemberoses]

I'm at a bit of an impasse after The Dark Fic and Coda.  I'm trying to work on the Carsten follow-up in Copenhagen, which I'd been working on (a Godric/Eric/Carsten threesome!) but now Eric and Godric have gotten into an argument about Godric's work as an inquisitor, and it needs some rewriting to make it less … alarming?  Or something.  I'm stuck

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[septemberoses]

I went and read that in your journal. How bizarre was that? The big-boobs thing? And I totally agree that I can't believe they don't go after the shaved-bits trend the same way. If that isn't prepubescent, what is?

A big argument pro-slash and women is that it's all the emotional connections that are outlined and made (and stuff like hurt-comfort) that make it "chick porn." As opposed to the strictly visual.

[linndechir]

I so agree with you ... every time there is some canon slash in a movie, TV show, book, we have to be grateful if there is as much as a short kiss - while the het couples, and even the lesbian couples, get full sex scenes. What, do they think that all male fans will suddenly run away because they had to see two half-naked men groping each other? Idiots.

The actors said they were up for some slash in the flashbacks? Oh my, I missed that. what exactly did they say? :D

Speaking of canon slash ... I have to squee about Holmes/Watson for a second, even if it has nothing to do with your post, sorry. Although, again, it's so typical that there were only (very unsubtle) hints in the movie, but nothing explicit. Yeaaaah, right, because it's okay to change just about everything about Sherlock Holmes (not a criticism, I loved the movie), but God forbid he kisses Watson in the movie. That would be so unacceptable.

[septemberoses]

Like the Alexander the Great movie a few years ago. They were so afraid of turning the guy-audience off that Alexander gets it on violently with his wife, but they don't show anything with Hephaistion or Bagoas, two men in Alexander's life whom most historians agree he was having sex with.

I really need to go see Sherlock. Even UST between those two would be hot. :)

[linndechir]

Exactly, I was so angry about that. It really wouldn't have hurt anyone to give us a proper sex scene with Hephaistion or Bagoas - or, if they didn't want sex scenes, what the hell was the het for?

Yes yes yes yes, go and see it! Silly me for asking you again if you had seen it in my e-mail. ;) Be sure to tell me if you liked it when you've seen it. :)

[septemberoses]

Particularly in the US, I think some of those roles are poison. And I'm pretty sure there's a double standard regarding sex (gay sex gets a more adult rating.)

[havocs_roman]

For many open-minded women, what could be hotter than two men having sex?

Two men having sex who don't mind letting me watch.

Sorry, did I say that out loud?

Generally speaking, I think the TV/film Powers That Be - not the actual creative parties, just the people with the money and the power - tend to be conservative straight men, who are somehow still convinced the only relevant audience for TV/film work is equally straight and male. Hence the wealth of straight male-oriented material out there (from actual porn to so-common-it's-become-mainstream lingering, gratuitous shots on the bodies of Megan Fox & Co in "regular" movies). I think the fact that women are taking over men (in numbers and in buying power) in most western societies is simply not being acknowledged.

Thus we have hilarious phenomena like Twilight--whatever my personal problems with that series, and I have MANY, it's clearly a straight female fantasy of a perfect life with a perfect man (or what its author PERCEIVES as a perfect man), and it's interesting to me -

[septemberoses]

Huh. Okay, I guess I was so busy stumbling over my own issues with Twilight the book/movie that I'd never even stopped to consider what issues, if any, that males were having with it.

So you are saying that men object to the idea of the so-called Perfect Man? Or is the problem that the Perfect Man is apparently celibate by choice? Damn, I'm laughing at myself, it's so hard for me to discuss this without my jaw tensing up. I have huge issues with what I perceive as the messages to young women there ... okay, stopping now. Also, Edward vs. Eric? Noooo contest.

[redangel618]

i have hope for the flashbacks because of Lafayette. they've implied heavily that Lafayette is a sexually active gay man and i've got hope for actual physical contact between two guys on this show. they seem to be equal opportunity naked times after all.

[septemberoses]

Well, let's see. They've already hinted at Eric/Lafayette, because Lafayette's been having dirty dreams about it. THAT would be hot. And I think they've suggested Bill/Sam? Because Bill shared his blood to save Sam, right? (I forget.)

[confused_bliss]

In regards to flashbacks since we have all undoubtedly heard Godric will be returning for those.....I am of course hoping we will have some detailed Godric/Eric ones....Slash, of course, I am hoping....That would be the hottest, in my opinion....Am I bad?

[septemberoses]

Of course you're not BAD. You're talking to the writer with nothing but slash in her journal ... as much as I want it, I don't think Alan Ball's going to go for it. The individual actors would clearly be up for it -- AH's already done some gay roles, and ASKars couldn't care less -- and he's done drag to boot. But my guess is in terms of viewer draw they'll be hesitant to acknowledge any (even) bisexuality on Eric's part, although it's there in the books.

We can dream, though!