June is Pride Month dearest nerdlets!
So, since a lot of events have been cancelled this year (*whispers* I've never actually been to an event and that's OK! There's no
checklist for Queer validation!)
and fanfiction is, generally, Queer af, I figured I'd have my own li'l
Pride Fics Fest!
This week, I'm looking at fics which take that Queer subtext (which ranges from slipping under the radar to just plain Queerbaiting,)
and bring it to the forefront!
Because fanfiction, as mentioned, is hella Gay!
So, I've been mining my extensive fanfiction-related blogpost archive, to
bring attention to the fics which bring attention to the subtext! :)
First up, the incognito Queerness of
High School Musical 2.
Last July I explained Chad and Ryan and...
How They Swing...
with
In an Oblivious Crowd
by allyndra.
'I Don't Dance' is one of the Queerest effing things I've ever seen, ok?
I went into detail last year.
But trust me, it's there.
And I love the way this fic has Chad and Ryan trying to be taken
seriously as a couple, while all of their friends think they're just joking
around, cos that really messes with the concept of the subtext!
(And y'know I love me some meta!)
Now to Dracula - the type of subtext you can't help but get behind, because
you couldn't be openly Queer in 1897.
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Over the New Year, the BBC brought some of that subtext to the forefront in
their new adaptation,
and fanfiction just had to follow it!
So,
while giving all the warnings I had to
(because this one required some warnings!), in January I recommended
no eye girl
by 2space_lesbo1
Now, to some more contentious, or 'Queerbaiting' subtext:
BBC's Sherlock.
Gatiss and Moffat really need to
stop dangling bait.
Because one of my main bug-bears with the series (much as I love it,) is, that
if Sherlock isn't interested in sex and/or romance... why didn't they make him
canonically Asexual and/or Aromantic?!
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So let's fix that, shall we?
I Can Stand Alone
by SailorChibi is
a fic that I first rec'd in 2016.
(How was that post written in 2016...? I feel like I just wrote that - my understanding of time totally sucks.
And... apparently I've been writing Fics Fix for about five or six years
now?! That's kind of terrifying!)
It sees an Aro/Ace Sherlock in Omegaverse.
No, really, this is Omegaverse without sexy times!
Fangirling notes:
Omegaverse (also known as Omega Verse, A/B/O Verse, etc.) is an
Alternate Universe trope with... a lot of physical, biological, and societal
differences to our own.
The short and mega-simplified version is that Omegaverse involves
animalistic sex on a regular basis.
Or are you in need of some Johnlock?
You know I gotcha covered!
Try out
It's Always Been You
by SherlockWatson_Holmes - a fic that
I'm still not even sure I like but which I will always applaud for being interesting and
thought-provoking!
Fangirling notes:
Johnlock is a romantic and/or sexy times relationship between John
Watson and Sherlock Holmes, especially relating to BBC's Sherlock.
Thoughts on subtext and/or Queerbaiting dearest nerdlets?
Any fave LGBTQ+ fanfiction you can recommend?
Talk to me!
Previous Friday Fics Fix posts:
Shares and comments really help me out dearest nerdlets! Always appreciated!
:)
I just watched HSM2 with my mom and sister the other day, and the sexual tension between Chad and Ryan is so there. I Don’t Dance is such a great song, and it’s a shame they never addressed how much those two were crushing on each other.
ReplyDeleteLike... how do people not notice that scene is Gay af?! Heteronormativity is weird! <3
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