cite M*A*S*H slash as an example of highly unlikely behaviour
Ah, but is it? You know me and my canon-based slash! Like Sirius and Remus, Hawkeye is fundamentally liberal and he always wants to shock, rebel and all the rest of it, and add that to the fact it's wartime, he's a long way from home, and slashing him seems an awful lot more plausible. These are arguments that could also apply to Sam, but not to Gene.
Secondly, that it can only improve the story that Gene will have problems with it
This I will get behind to a certain extent. For example, I'd go for it being unrequited or unacted-upon. I just can't write Gene into acceptance.
you and I both like a fucked-up relationship (at least when it's fictional).
I have said this before, but here I am saying it again. In the context of our relationship, clearly I am the Remus figure. *pouts*
not impossible that he could dream Gene as less homophobic than he would actually be (Or have been? Damned time-travel grammar!)
That's a really, really good point. It'd make a perfect plot bunny, actually; put Sam and Gene in a relationship, and then get Sam worrying about whether it's all a dream because Gene is so accepting of it? That way you could write slash that also gives room to my quibbles above. *thinks* Further thoughts?
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on 2006-03-28 11:28 am (UTC)Ah, but is it? You know me and my canon-based slash! Like Sirius and Remus, Hawkeye is fundamentally liberal and he always wants to shock, rebel and all the rest of it, and add that to the fact it's wartime, he's a long way from home, and slashing him seems an awful lot more plausible. These are arguments that could also apply to Sam, but not to Gene.
Secondly, that it can only improve the story that Gene will have problems with it
This I will get behind to a certain extent. For example, I'd go for it being unrequited or unacted-upon. I just can't write Gene into acceptance.
you and I both like a fucked-up relationship (at least when it's fictional).
I have said this before, but here I am saying it again. In the context of our relationship, clearly I am the Remus figure. *pouts*
not impossible that he could dream Gene as less homophobic than he would actually be (Or have been? Damned time-travel grammar!)
That's a really, really good point. It'd make a perfect plot bunny, actually; put Sam and Gene in a relationship, and then get Sam worrying about whether it's all a dream because Gene is so accepting of it? That way you could write slash that also gives room to my quibbles above. *thinks* Further thoughts?