The same gestures or poses can be read differently. I’m not an expert though. For me, Watson and Holmes’s touching or close standing bears nothing sexual. Nothing at all. I see only friendship, a bit more possessive from Holmes’s side but it’s understandable. He’s a born loner and a chance for him to find someone he could befriend is one in a million. Maybe, my soviet upbringing plays its part; two men standing close indicate that they are comfortable about each other – by means of friendship or kinship. I can see Watson and Holmes as brothers (and that’s my envision of them) and never – as lovers. When they walk or stand close to each other, I can imagine them fighting shoulder to shoulder on a battlefield. But imagine two of them in one bed – that’s a violation of the characters. I can easily accept that Holmes remained celibate through his life and never accept him lusting after Watson. Also, here in Russia, to say to a straight man he looks or acts like a gay is a grave offence. Thinking such a thing of the actors who are straight and the characters depicted by them (who are straight too) is a mute offence. That’s how I feel. However, the slashy interpretations from the foreign fans make me grunt with laughter. It’s in the culture and doesn’t bear a negative meaning; as long as people understand that the slashy moments in the soviet series are just a side-effect of cultural difference, it’s fine by me. I bristled up only once, at the remark that Soviets packed so much gayness in the series. The Soviets packed friendship in. Alles. Hope, my babbling makes some sense. As for the fandoms, The Lord of The Rings was my most favourite one. Love every character, except elves perhaps. They are so perfect in the book, that they are boring. But speaking of slashy pairings, there was none. The only fic I admired and could even accept as a probable part of the original was «From the other river bank”. It’s Boromir/Faramir story. The innocent one, mind you. This fandom gave me a great mental kick; me and my friend started to write slash stories but we borrowed only the world; the characters were original. Another fandom, I repent, was rock music RPS stories. That was something raging, ahem.
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Re: part two!
Date: 2010-03-07 06:28 am (UTC)Maybe, my soviet upbringing plays its part; two men standing close indicate that they are comfortable about each other – by means of friendship or kinship. I can see Watson and Holmes as brothers (and that’s my envision of them) and never – as lovers. When they walk or stand close to each other, I can imagine them fighting shoulder to shoulder on a battlefield. But imagine two of them in one bed – that’s a violation of the characters. I can easily accept that Holmes remained celibate through his life and never accept him lusting after Watson.
Also, here in Russia, to say to a straight man he looks or acts like a gay is a grave offence. Thinking such a thing of the actors who are straight and the characters depicted by them (who are straight too) is a mute offence. That’s how I feel. However, the slashy interpretations from the foreign fans make me grunt with laughter. It’s in the culture and doesn’t bear a negative meaning; as long as people understand that the slashy moments in the soviet series are just a side-effect of cultural difference, it’s fine by me. I bristled up only once, at the remark that Soviets packed so much gayness in the series. The Soviets packed friendship in. Alles.
Hope, my babbling makes some sense.
As for the fandoms, The Lord of The Rings was my most favourite one. Love every character, except elves perhaps. They are so perfect in the book, that they are boring. But speaking of slashy pairings, there was none. The only fic I admired and could even accept as a probable part of the original was «From the other river bank”. It’s Boromir/Faramir story. The innocent one, mind you.
This fandom gave me a great mental kick; me and my friend started to write slash stories but we borrowed only the world; the characters were original.
Another fandom, I repent, was rock music RPS stories. That was something raging, ahem.