~~ sanity. it's what's for breakfast.

I think I've seen the light. Now, this happens often, so it's no big deal, as I see all sorts of 'lights' frequently (it's sort of like being on a continuous trip except without the artificial drugs). But.

I've actually seen the same Dan-squeeing post in hpguys_daily that wickedcherub wrote about, and I was disturbed by all the sexual references, yes. Hell, I get disturbed when people drool over -drawings- of the boys (even though I know I'm also guilty); more than that, I get disturbed when anyone drools over -anyone- in public, dude. I am sekritly prudish, it seems :D Well, I was even more disturbed because I do think he's "cute". Actually, I think he's beautiful. He's... disturbingly attractive (to me).

So are (at least!) hundreds of other actors and actresses and people on the street.

I've always thought the question of whether the fans would actually shag their crush object was... er... irrelevant? Immature? Silly? Embarrassing? Yeah, something like that. Sure, I check out guys, girls & fictional characters with gusto myself (though I feel ridiculously protective of ickle Harry-- and that's -Harry-, not Dan), but... seriously wanting unreachable sex objects isn't a sign of pedophilia, it's a sign of being sexually immature. Which basically means you -like- them being untouchable in some way, so that you don't actually have to make the decision of whether to shag them.

In a way, it's like writing Mary Sues, this sort of self-insertion into the actors' reality-- since, really, as the RPS-slashers keep saying, the actors are about as fictional as their characters, because we basically don't know them as people, do we. Sure, if I was a character in the HP books (...and that statement alone has many an issue with it), yes, I'd shag him in a minute, given that he liked me back & we were in school together. But. I'm... not. And also, if I -was- an HP character, I'd say that I would still know that Harry needs someone else. There's a reason I dislike Harry/Luna, as I identify with her.

    And as far as Dan... I really doubt there are -that- many hardcore groupies out there, no matter how hot the actor is. Aaaand... if by some extreme twist of fate, a woman who's 10 years older and a teenager fell in love (consensually)... well... 16 is the age of consent, baby. That's 2 years away for sex, not romance.

Do I want Johnny Depp in my bed in actuality, then, since I think he's so hot? Hell no. He makes my hormones do a little happy dance, sure, but are most people over the age of 17 or so slaves to their hormones? Would most people -molest- someone (against their will), whatever they're feeling, whether or not they're younger than them, no matter -how- overheated they are? What kind of question is that, anyway? Is that what we really think of each other?

There's one key phrase there that I can see:

But I do think it's wrong to fantasise [...]

And that's when it all became really simple for me.

Because it is simple: it can never be wrong to fantasize, can it. It can be wrong to hurt people or yourself (though that shouldn't be -illegal-), but how can it be "wrong" to use your imagination in whatever way you want?

( ...Duh, yeah I know. )