*giggle* At least if she's being hugged that hard, Z won't be able to get at anyone to chop their heads off...
I haven't said this before, because I worry about getting flamed, but I wonder...I wonder if there would be so much fuss about this if one of the relationships wasn't same sex. If it was Jack and two women, would there be so much fuss? Possibly, but I can't help but think much of the denial is because it's Jack/Ianto not Jack/Isabel. Whether because it's a novelty to see a gay relationship handled so matter-of-fact-ly, or because fangirls get over-excited by these things, I just wonder... Fangirls like their slash, and don't like things getting in the way of it. If Jack/Gwen isn't romantic, then there isn't an issue.
I'm not sure that came out right, but I think that's what I mean. I may have you have 'you and your quaint little categories' engraved on a stick to beat people with...
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Date: 2008-02-14 01:19 pm (UTC)I haven't said this before, because I worry about getting flamed, but I wonder...I wonder if there would be so much fuss about this if one of the relationships wasn't same sex. If it was Jack and two women, would there be so much fuss? Possibly, but I can't help but think much of the denial is because it's Jack/Ianto not Jack/Isabel. Whether because it's a novelty to see a gay relationship handled so matter-of-fact-ly, or because fangirls get over-excited by these things, I just wonder... Fangirls like their slash, and don't like things getting in the way of it. If Jack/Gwen isn't romantic, then there isn't an issue.
I'm not sure that came out right, but I think that's what I mean. I may have you have 'you and your quaint little categories' engraved on a stick to beat people with...