Re: [B7L] Re: Unlikely lust objects

Neil Faulkner wrote:

But to reiterate the question I put at Redemption: Surely there are worse things than two characters having gay sex? Suppose defenceless civilians were massacred by Federation troops - would that upset you just as much if it happened in a (gen) story? Suppose two original characters in a story were having a relationship (gay, or unmarried straight)? Is it what gets done that squicks you, or who does it?

Just a guess, but ISTM that if there are two actions that one sees as wrong, then it is less disturbing to see one that is clearly presented as wrong (massacre) than something that one believes is wrong being presented as desirable (slash).

IOW, the bad guys get to be bad; it's a convention of fiction.

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