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hafitalOkay, in order to prevent myself from responding to the crazy lady who's currently haunting the HL lists, I'm going to blather here. And? This has the added benefit of allowing me to procrastinate. la la la.
K. I. S. S. I. N. G!!
Ta da! *does curtsy*
I can understand saying that the D/M relationship on screen is pretty tension filled, and that, in order to get them into a romantic relationship one must do more work than merely placing them together in a room. Sure. And I can understand being somewhat annoyed by the lack of such reflected in fic, sure, whatever (although, come *on*. There's incredible fiction and there's not so incredible fiction. Like the saying goes, let your fingers do the walking, already) But, saying that this tension comes from Methos being male and from Duncan's uneasyness with men in general is just ridiculous. Not only because it's ridiculous, but because then your reducing *both* Duncan and Methos (and the acting behind each) to nothing more than a reaction to gender, and dismissing all of the choices, both in canon and behind the camera, that went in to making these episodes so damn good.
Also, I always find I need to make Duncan more the instigator in starting a relationship precisely because he is the one less likely to have had previous relationships with men. Not that Methos wouldn't want to start some hot monkey love with Duncan, he's clearly smitten, but I feel he'd be much more hesitant starting something and changing what they have already. I'm not so sure he would need to have sex with Duncan (although *I* need him to have sex with Duncan *g*). While Duncan would have less reservations about that sort of thing.
I don't always write from this perspective, but it's generally how I see things. If you see them as best friends and as being important to each other, then they're really already there, and sex is just one more step over the line.
And damn, it's late and I'm supposed to be home already! oops.
eta to fix some of my atrocious grammar.
K. I. S. S. I. N. G!!
Ta da! *does curtsy*
I can understand saying that the D/M relationship on screen is pretty tension filled, and that, in order to get them into a romantic relationship one must do more work than merely placing them together in a room. Sure. And I can understand being somewhat annoyed by the lack of such reflected in fic, sure, whatever (although, come *on*. There's incredible fiction and there's not so incredible fiction. Like the saying goes, let your fingers do the walking, already) But, saying that this tension comes from Methos being male and from Duncan's uneasyness with men in general is just ridiculous. Not only because it's ridiculous, but because then your reducing *both* Duncan and Methos (and the acting behind each) to nothing more than a reaction to gender, and dismissing all of the choices, both in canon and behind the camera, that went in to making these episodes so damn good.
Also, I always find I need to make Duncan more the instigator in starting a relationship precisely because he is the one less likely to have had previous relationships with men. Not that Methos wouldn't want to start some hot monkey love with Duncan, he's clearly smitten, but I feel he'd be much more hesitant starting something and changing what they have already. I'm not so sure he would need to have sex with Duncan (although *I* need him to have sex with Duncan *g*). While Duncan would have less reservations about that sort of thing.
I don't always write from this perspective, but it's generally how I see things. If you see them as best friends and as being important to each other, then they're really already there, and sex is just one more step over the line.
And damn, it's late and I'm supposed to be home already! oops.
eta to fix some of my atrocious grammar.
