I really appreciated this post. And I saw a lot of my own feelings mirrored in it. I almost exclusively read and write het and f/f and I often have this weird feeling that I'm "not cool" or something because I'm not that interested in m/m slash personally.
Thank you, and I'm glad you found it. The "not cool" feeling is a tough one to get past, especially since some of the most visible commentary about het tends to be very dismissive of it, as something one 'grows past' or 'gets over.' Thus my post. *g*
Especially since I'm interested in gender and queer theory...blah blah.
No kidding! I actually write professionally on manhood and masculinity (among other things). I kept waiting to fall in love with the m/m......it seemed such a natural. But, no. No love for the m/m emerged. I kept looking for the women in the shadows, and wondering about them, and loosing focus on the main guys. *g*
My primary het ship is Micheal and Nikita from LFN, which may or may not be 'queer het' but is certainly not a typical romance (though many, many, many fics try to make it one. Sadly, even some of my own early efforts - fortunately never finished, and so never posted!).
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Thank you, and I'm glad you found it. The "not cool" feeling is a tough one to get past, especially since some of the most visible commentary about het tends to be very dismissive of it, as something one 'grows past' or 'gets over.' Thus my post. *g*
Especially since I'm interested in gender and queer theory...blah blah.
No kidding! I actually write professionally on manhood and masculinity (among other things). I kept waiting to fall in love with the m/m......it seemed such a natural. But, no. No love for the m/m emerged. I kept looking for the women in the shadows, and wondering about them, and loosing focus on the main guys. *g*
My primary het ship is Micheal and Nikita from LFN, which may or may not be 'queer het' but is certainly not a typical romance (though many, many, many fics try to make it one. Sadly, even some of my own early efforts - fortunately never finished, and so never posted!).