Dana wrote:
Tavia said:
One of the things I personally dislike about a high proportion of slash fiction is that it doesn't bear a lot of resemblance to (mainstream)
stuff
I've read written by gay men.
I would find that a cogent argument if slash was intended as a serious depiction of gay male life rather than by-women-for-women smut.
I agree, absolutely! But by that same argument, if slash is simply porn by and for women, then it can't possibly be read back into the show itself. Unless you think Terry Nation was writing erotica by and for women?
I quite like Blake/Travis prequel stories myself. I mean, Travis takes the whole thing so personally.
I would think that this had more to do with having his eye put out and his hand/arm blown off than with romantic rejection.
Shane
"Avon, you were my only friend..." --Blake