See, and I think exactly the opposite -- that this type of slash is a throwback to the hoariest old Victorian ideals, with a healthy dose of Victorian racial/sexual/gender standards thrown in for good measure.
I think a lot of this lily-white OTP m/m slash is regressive, hidden beneath a veneer of "it's about gays so it makes it beyond reproach so STFU" The only problem with this is that these "gays" are nothing more than a het romance-novel cliche in disguise that excludes everyone else -- women, pocs, lesbians, etc, for reasons that are dicey to say the least.
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Date: 2007-10-23 08:17 pm (UTC)I think a lot of this lily-white OTP m/m slash is regressive, hidden beneath a veneer of "it's about gays so it makes it beyond reproach so STFU" The only problem with this is that these "gays" are nothing more than a het romance-novel cliche in disguise that excludes everyone else -- women, pocs, lesbians, etc, for reasons that are dicey to say the least.