Heh...I completely understand liking a character so much you don't want them to be alone, and am uite fond of Gojyo myself, but I really do think he associates the act with dirtiness and would never actually get involved with someone he actually cared about.
As far as slash goes...I actually had the opposite experience myself. Spent years and years thinking I was the only person in the world who didn't like to slash anything they came across(and have, thankfully, since learned that not every person who likes slash will just slash everything in sight) until I finally found canon fans a few years ago, and found people who were more of the blending of both, too.
Really....I think it just comes down to if it appeals to you or not. It's why I can never get far into yaoi series, no matter how interesting the story sounds...the success depends almost entirely on how interesting you find the idea of guy/guy, and since that doesn't instantly appeal to me, I get bored. On the flipside, I actually do often enjoy canon undertones of slash. especially the ones meant to poke fun at things, such as the Himawari/Watanuki/Domeki thing in xXxHoLic, which is so blatantly poking at the shojo standard of the hyper girl hopelessly crushing on the perfect boy, despite the les obviously perfect but clearly much better suited for her boy she clashes with. Only, you know,m with some gender alterations.
(and no problem, of course...and I have read 2 of your fics, after all...)
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Date: 2007-12-28 08:10 pm (UTC)As far as slash goes...I actually had the opposite experience myself. Spent years and years thinking I was the only person in the world who didn't like to slash anything they came across(and have, thankfully, since learned that not every person who likes slash will just slash everything in sight) until I finally found canon fans a few years ago, and found people who were more of the blending of both, too.
Really....I think it just comes down to if it appeals to you or not. It's why I can never get far into yaoi series, no matter how interesting the story sounds...the success depends almost entirely on how interesting you find the idea of guy/guy, and since that doesn't instantly appeal to me, I get bored. On the flipside, I actually do often enjoy canon undertones of slash. especially the ones meant to poke fun at things, such as the Himawari/Watanuki/Domeki thing in xXxHoLic, which is so blatantly poking at the shojo standard of the hyper girl hopelessly crushing on the perfect boy, despite the les obviously perfect but clearly much better suited for her boy she clashes with. Only, you know,m with some gender alterations.
(and no problem, of course...and I have read 2 of your fics, after all...)