Hmm. That sounded a trifle more hostile about m/m stories than I intended, because there certainly are a lot of really well done and interesting m/m stories that capture the same kinds of tensions in the central relationship that I read het for. I know, because I read or skimmed a fair amount, waiting impatiently for the m/m love to strike me. *bg*
There is a lot of interesing Dan/Casey (Sportsnight) fic, for example, that wrestles with their profesional rivalries and jealousies and what kind of hurdles these put before them as they struggle (and sometimes fail) to build a statisfying romantic relationship. Or Aragorn/Boromir stories that acknowledge and include the tensions between them with regard to Aragorn's claim to rule the city that Boromir once expected to inherit. So, when I'm scanning rec pages for things to read, I do look for these pairings and read them with interest and enjoyment, especially the ones that explore the messy and unresolved parts of their relationships. I just don't read them for the 'hawt!' .... *g*
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Date: 2005-09-16 04:50 pm (UTC)There is a lot of interesing Dan/Casey (Sportsnight) fic, for example, that wrestles with their profesional rivalries and jealousies and what kind of hurdles these put before them as they struggle (and sometimes fail) to build a statisfying romantic relationship. Or Aragorn/Boromir stories that acknowledge and include the tensions between them with regard to Aragorn's claim to rule the city that Boromir once expected to inherit. So, when I'm scanning rec pages for things to read, I do look for these pairings and read them with interest and enjoyment, especially the ones that explore the messy and unresolved parts of their relationships. I just don't read them for the 'hawt!' .... *g*