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Gay or Straight, Slash 'Em
I periodically read the Gay Voices page on Huffington Post. That said, I still don't pay much attention to who's gay or straight unless I hear about it on a radio show I listen to or I see it on my FB timeline.
On Gay Voices today, they had a slideshow of the celebrities who've come out. When I came to Sean Maher's picture, I'm sitting there going, "Wait, what?"
My reaction to this is strange. Not that he's gay. It makes me feel more at ease about slashing Simon Tam and Mal Reynolds. Why ease/unease? B/C I have this thing about keeping fanfic away from actors. ;) I mean, seriously, they're not the characters and so don't have any business being asked to read fanfic or being told about it. Many Con-going fans of SG-1 or Firefly or Heroes, etc., bring up slash with the actors. Naturally, they can do what they want--and pardon me, but I have to actually go out of my way to say that b/c too many people assume negatives when not given a detailed yet pointless explanatory "explain yourself".
So I see that Sean's gay and okay, great, good for him for coming out (wish it was never necessary and that we can all be who we are at all times). And then I wonder why the hell it makes me feel better for slashing his character on Firefly. Perhaps it's b/c of my feelings about sharing slash with actors, or perhaps it's something else. I don't care for RP Fic, so I know it isn't that.
So I'm left curious. And I now have yet another unwritten Firefly bunny. *eyeroll*
On Gay Voices today, they had a slideshow of the celebrities who've come out. When I came to Sean Maher's picture, I'm sitting there going, "Wait, what?"
My reaction to this is strange. Not that he's gay. It makes me feel more at ease about slashing Simon Tam and Mal Reynolds. Why ease/unease? B/C I have this thing about keeping fanfic away from actors. ;) I mean, seriously, they're not the characters and so don't have any business being asked to read fanfic or being told about it. Many Con-going fans of SG-1 or Firefly or Heroes, etc., bring up slash with the actors. Naturally, they can do what they want--and pardon me, but I have to actually go out of my way to say that b/c too many people assume negatives when not given a detailed yet pointless explanatory "explain yourself".
So I see that Sean's gay and okay, great, good for him for coming out (wish it was never necessary and that we can all be who we are at all times). And then I wonder why the hell it makes me feel better for slashing his character on Firefly. Perhaps it's b/c of my feelings about sharing slash with actors, or perhaps it's something else. I don't care for RP Fic, so I know it isn't that.
So I'm left curious. And I now have yet another unwritten Firefly bunny. *eyeroll*
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I cringe when fans ask him on Twitter if he reads fanfics and then double cringe when they link to something that they might think is fabulous but he might think is downright creepy.....even scarier are the OC Mary Sue fics where you can recognise the author from the first words out of the OC's mouth and you just know in their heart of hearts they want him to see it and remember them from it...*shudders*....
Chris Judge commented at this year's ChiCon that he read fanfic....however I take a lot of what CJ says at cons with a pinch of salt....many actors "embellish" small details to make their interactions with the fans seem more personal, so I'm sure he's glanced at it and knowing his sense of humour probably ripped the piss out of it to shred with his friends over a drink or two....
My fanfic is MY business, no one elses and especially not the actor....sure I get love and inspiration from some amazing characters (especially Jack O'Neill and Daniel Jackson) but I enjoy meeting Michael Shanks and Richard Dean Anderson for the REAL people that they are....;)
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It still weirds me out, if that's the word, to find out that an actor playing a character I slash is really gay. For some reason, despite the canon in the selected show, I always feel somehow justified. I guess it's just me needing personal justification, even if it's in private and they'll never see or read the fanfic.
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