On futility

[moonwise]

Every time I see someone posting long-winded screeds about how slash is raping their childhood heroes and Character X is SO NOT GAY and HOW COULD YOU EVER THINK THAT, I want to pat them on the head and say, "You're new to the Internet, aren't you?"

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Speaking of He-Man...

[ladyofthesea.livejournal.com]

Mention of He-Man reminds me of a discussion my sister and I had about whether or not Adora and Adam are separate personalities from He-Man and She-ra. I don't buy that theory, but I think she was just trying to come up with a way to draw them together in a non-incestuous way. Yeah.

I admit I've ranted about how slash can and has infiltrated my childhood (Voltron slash makes me run for the hills) but I don't hold it against a person if they want to see Sven, Keith and Lance in a hot orgy. But I've just kind of turned a blind eye to it all. It's there, and it's not going away. Ever.

Re: Speaking of He-Man...

[morgi.livejournal.com]

Voltron is coming up next in our Netflix queue.

This is going to make watching it much more interesting.

Re: Speaking of He-Man...

[arafel.livejournal.com]

<>But I've just kind of turned a blind eye to it all. It's there, and it's not going away. Ever.

Exactly, and this is how we all know you are not new to Internets. Arguing about these things is ultimately pointless.