cause jessa told me to do it

[erilyn]

Ok, in the interests of trying to grow as a person, I should probably own up to a certain prejudice I have. Involving who I like to read slash about. And while I'm not the only one (as established by a quick poll of some friends on Sunday), that's not a good excuse.

::deep breathe::

Hi, I'm erilyn, I'm Australian, and I have a problem slashing Australians.

No, seriously. I almost never watch Australian-made stuff and think "they're so doing it!!!1!" (though this could be a function of how much Australian-made content I watch these days). It's like slash goggles just don't work. I wasn't involved in either of the only two significant Aussie-based fandoms that I can think of - DAAS (though I totally see it *g*) and Savage Garden.

This came up because I was thinking about Chiz (Aussie guitarist in the band The Academy Is...), and while he's cute and has fun interaction with the others, I would be all ARGH! to come across him naked in a bandslash story.

Please don't judge me too harshly. I will work on overcoming this.

Comments

[trumpeterofdoom.livejournal.com]

In my last two years of high school, I used to slash boys in my year together. That was how I passed my time in Maths and Econs lectures.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

LJ is not giving me my comments!!!1!

I sleep during Econ lectures, or read porn on my PDA. They are so slow and dull this semester. Couldn't do that last semester, too much to take in.

[vaudevilles.livejournal.com]

I can't slash NZ actors cos I pretty know them all. Perils of a small industry in a tiny country.

Plus the remove from my life is nice when I'm slashing.

(and btw? you're cute!)

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Ahahahahaha! That's the best reason :)

It's like when I took iibnf to a Super 12 rugby game and she was slashing the players and making comments about hurt/comfort. It was a) hilarious, b) sacriligeous and c) WRONG cause that dude is married to a girl I went to school with *g*.

But yeah, rather than being afraid of slashing the Other, we're all about it, we don't want to slash ourselves *g*. Oh no, we're secretly homophobic ::cries::

[vaudevilles.livejournal.com]

Um... I probably shouldn't mention about slashing some of the nicer students then

*giggles* I'm secretly homo-hetero-homophobic I think.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

You're afraid of people who hate straight people who hate gay people?

[vaudevilles.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid of gay people who write about straight people who might be gay.

I TERRIFY me.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

AH! Well, you are pretty terrifying :D

[woolly-socks.livejournal.com]

I'm a little bit scared of you now as well.

[lydia-petze.livejournal.com]

You forgot Red and Wilbur, they were totally doing it.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Bwhahahahahahaaha!

But apart from all the jokiness, I am serious that I am less likely to think slashy interpretations on Australian things. It's odd.

[woolly-socks.livejournal.com]

I know exactly what you mean. I watch Outrageous Fortune obsessively, and routinely say "Van and Munter are so MFEO!!! Someone should slash them!!" But I am all talk. I'd be too chicken to read it.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Slash is only for those freaky foreigners! *g*

[woolly-socks.livejournal.com]

yeah, everyone knows that foreigners are perverts.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

If they were decent people, they'd be from the Antipodes!

[woolly-socks.livejournal.com]

I'm itching to make some crack about descending from criminals, but I shan't.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

;p

I can't use my typical comeback (for Brits) about that, which is about how 90% of convicts were never transported, they stayed in Britain *g*.

[woolly-socks.livejournal.com]

*giggles* nice.

[alasen.livejournal.com]

God, for some reason I thought this was i_naiad posting and I was about to comment "hey we were talking about that on sunday!" when I saw you said exactly that. Even though I'd seen that you said your name right in the post.

At least it's friday!

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Mwahahahahaha! Oh dear. Good thing it is Friday, indeed :D

[callsigns.livejournal.com]

I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND *despairs of you*

Ahahahaha, but ficbyzee and I are now trying to think of Australians that even could be slashed, and we can't, ahahah! Outside of Savage Garden, geez.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

SEE! AUSTRALIANS JUST AREN'T SLASHABLE!

There are exceptions: Ernie Dingo and the cop in Heartland (1990s long miniseries with baby Cate Blanchett) are one. But generally, no.

We have lots of great gay-themed stuff. We like our media either gay or not. No messing around with subtext *g*.

[renne.livejournal.com]

...I was in both of those fandoms. :x

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Hey, I didn't mean a slur on either of them, I totally get why there were slash fandoms around them. I was just musing on a) there not being that many Aussie-based fandoms anyway, and b) me specifically not having gotten into them :D

[madame-d.livejournal.com]

You're just a freak of nature, aren't you? ;) It's not normal to be Aussie and like SG and like slash, and not, like, be an Aussie SG slashy fangirl. *boggles*

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I just wasn't even aware of there being a fandom for them at the time. Plus, while I like some of their songs, I wasn't in to them (didn't own albums or go to concerts).

[madame-d.livejournal.com]

I wasn't in to them (didn't own albums or go to concerts).

Is that allowed, if you're Australian? ;)

Hee, okay, fine. You've got an excuse!

*stares at your icon* I totally made embarrassing noises when I saw that Anthony Steward Head was in one of Doctor Who episodes. I didn't know!

[meelie.livejournal.com]

JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE!

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

HEY!

So, do you like slashing Aussies, hmmm?