~~ gay smut or slash... or an unholy union?

I guess it just hit me that it's not H/D I've gotten tired of as much as any other people's ideas of it. It's so hard to think outside the box-- or at least, to have thoughts that are truly your own-- if you're always in touch with everyone else's thoughts on the subject. At some stages, of course it's helpful and educational-- expands one's worldview-- but eventually the learning is over and done with, and there's truly nothing more to be done except to develop one's own mind on a subject.

And that's where I am-- it's been fun, but I really feel there's nothing left for me to learn about H/D from other people, for now. Which is kind of sad, actually.

( This is mostly for my own reference, methinks. Fandom, shmandom. )

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You know, all this time in fandom, and I'm still not used to the term 'angst-whore'. I mean, I can understand enjoying well-done tear-jerkers or tragedies or what have you or thinking that they're more 'deep' or 'meaningful' than good comedies (offensive as I find that pov)-- but to be specifically geared to only enjoy fic of that nature just strikes me as disturbing. Imagine if nothing made you really happy to imagine except misery! If nothing else, after a certain point, constancy in everything turns dull, even sadness-- as most depressed people know. Oh well. People who favor seriousness all (or most of) the time scare me, but let's move on.

So... thanks to shaggirl, I was thinking about gay porn... (I love that sentence, btw).

In particular, I was thinking about the difference between male-oriented homoerotica/porn and (female-oriented) slash. And it seems to me that the difference is between the former's focus on the audience and the latter's focus on the participants.

( To clarify.... )

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Apologiesaccepted.com actually made me tear up a little o_0 Well, happily :> I really feel like the net makes the world a village at the moment. Awwww, I kinda ♥ the world right now. <3<3 Apparently there are a lot of cool people in Holland & the Netherlands. Who knew? :> (...Someone stop me from busting out with John Lennon... okay, too late.)

Ahhhh, and such cute H/D art, awwww. I wuv confused!Harry and evilly-smirking!Draco <3<3<3 Oh, evil!Draco. *lovestruck sigh* Though I really like dark staring Harry, too. Basically, I'm easy. :D
    Weeheee, `The Lullaby of Nifflish Erumpents' <3<3 Ohhh, laughing!Remus <3