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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:11 am
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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 4:36 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:48 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 3:39 pm
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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:20 pm
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For me, what pings me the most is actually the relationship aspect - the emotional and social facets of how characters interact with each other, the kind of effect having feelings for another person has on how they relate, how it stands in the world in general, the way it makes character A or whoever feel. So, I find well-portrayed or well-written relationships fascinating regardless, and won't deny that it's interesting to me to see how this-or-that-or-whichever changes how people get along with each other in the world in general. Same-sex relationships have strong connotations and opinions associated with them, whether neutral/tolerant, intolerant or accepting. Plus, the aesthetic side - two (in many cases) attractive men, paired up together? redface
I'm not actually particularly interested in the sexual aspect of male/male pairings, or yaoi fiction or whichever, oddly enough. It's strange to say, but I think that kind of smut turns me on and squicks me in almost equal amounts. But less squick, really. Or, you know, I wouldn't ever go near the stuff. I find myself reading the dialogue and internal monologue more readily than descriptions of what's happening, however. That's one of the reasons I love experimental or stylistically different fanfiction, to be honest. You get this fantastic imagery and sense of what's happening... Without sometimes over-wrought descriptions. I don't have quite the same problem with yuri, though... Although I do with het smut. I guess it's something about myself I'll have to figure out over time. It could have something to do with my mild phobia of physical and/or intimate contact with others. Lord knows, I'm otherwise a relatively well-adjusted young bisexual female. neutral
Ah, but I'm rambling! And off topic, gah!
So, in avoidance of tl;dr summary: The relationships themselves. Emotions experienced and social effects of relationships. And, in many (but not all) cases, attractive men.
Change the gender in that last one and you can see why I tend to switch between slash, femmeslash and het just fiiiiiiiine. What interests me doesn't change that much between "types" of relationships. 3nodding
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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:26 pm
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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:13 pm
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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:23 pm
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