~~ gareth!Draco 4evah!
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reenkaOmg, I was reading a comic called `Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things' by Ted Naifeh, and I had a sort of blinding revelation slash conversion type thing.
I realized that Draco Malfoy has to be a complete bottom-boy, and he has to be taken (down a peg... or five) good and hard and repeatedly, because... because there's this boy in the comic that is like, totally, like, his exact alternate-universe carbon copy, and I can't even read him chatting up Courtney (ultimate sex-god that he thinks he is... talking about his father the whole time, of course) without wanting to see him, like, squealing. I can't imagine this boy in control of anything without wanting to either laugh or feeling a bit queasy. It's just wrong... he's too... he's too fake and lame, too self-centered, too in love with himself, has too many daddy issues, is too effeminate and effete and just plain gay. And I mean flaming, sissy-boy, come-ream-my-arse gay.
With the pure intention of basically leaving no doubt that Gareth is Draco, I've enclosed the following scans. The H/Dness of him & Courtney, the smartass main character, is really kind of... not important to my point but also pleasing so I scanned extra :D I er... could do more, but I don't think it's, er... necessary :>
...And here we have a little cut part with the jealous kids (this is due to a spell to make Courtney lovable and gorgeous to everyone... er, which goes wrong, obviously) jumping on Gareth and them beating each other up & Courtney escaping.
...Okay, my point is. This boy shouldn't top anyone. Like, ever. Otherwise... it's just very wrong. And sad. And wrong. That is all :D
I realized that Draco Malfoy has to be a complete bottom-boy, and he has to be taken (down a peg... or five) good and hard and repeatedly, because... because there's this boy in the comic that is like, totally, like, his exact alternate-universe carbon copy, and I can't even read him chatting up Courtney (ultimate sex-god that he thinks he is... talking about his father the whole time, of course) without wanting to see him, like, squealing. I can't imagine this boy in control of anything without wanting to either laugh or feeling a bit queasy. It's just wrong... he's too... he's too fake and lame, too self-centered, too in love with himself, has too many daddy issues, is too effeminate and effete and just plain gay. And I mean flaming, sissy-boy, come-ream-my-arse gay.
With the pure intention of basically leaving no doubt that Gareth is Draco, I've enclosed the following scans. The H/Dness of him & Courtney, the smartass main character, is really kind of... not important to my point but also pleasing so I scanned extra :D I er... could do more, but I don't think it's, er... necessary :>
...And here we have a little cut part with the jealous kids (this is due to a spell to make Courtney lovable and gorgeous to everyone... er, which goes wrong, obviously) jumping on Gareth and them beating each other up & Courtney escaping.
...Okay, my point is. This boy shouldn't top anyone. Like, ever. Otherwise... it's just very wrong. And sad. And wrong. That is all :D
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Date: 2005-01-06 02:15 pm (UTC)There is, in fact, an entire genre of manga devoted to slashy stuff. Mild stuff, with slashy plots as you say, is referred to as shonen (or shounen) ai, meaning 'boy love', while the graphic, porny stuff is called yaoi. Much of it is original, but there are also a lot of slash doujinshis (fan mangas) out there, some even featuring Harry and Draco :)
Of course, the obvious problem here is that manga is in Japanese and a lot of shonen ai and yaoi stuff doesn't get translated. However, some series *have* been released in States, while for others there are translations and scanlations available online. So don't worry about asking your friends who work at the comic store - they've seen this stuff for sure and have probably sold tons of it. Unfortunately, I've been out of the manga/anime world for a couple of years now, so I couldn't tell you what's popular now. In fact, most of the sites I used to frequesnt have shut down since, so I don't think I can help at all :(
One very helpful general info site that's still up is Aestheticism.com. You'll definitely want to check out their Yaoi Glossary (they don't permit linking to it, but you can find it from the main page).
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Date: 2005-01-06 06:43 pm (UTC)