Slash meta #2: please discuss!

[thrihyrne]

Same rules apply for the first one: be considerate, be as honest as you can be, as long or short as you wish. Filament often talks about the female gaze, and the fact that women enjoy looking at men and men's bodies, not just reading about them. In regards to slash, thinking about characters with an inner eye to their bodies (written slash), or true visuals (fan art or videos), would you say that your enjoyment is more about sensuality or sexuality? Does it vary depending on the fandom and/or pairing? And the key question: do you know why you're drawn to slash? Are you someone who reads/looks at all ratings of slash, or only particular ones? If so, which?

Thanks so much for helping me out with this. I question these things myself, so I'm thrilled to be able to put some of these thoughts down and into a non-fandom centric readership. :)

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[leaf-light.livejournal.com]

Going through the questions backwards here, ie down the page. Yes I love looking at men, men's faces and men's bodies in real life, films and photos. I'm not so keen on a lot of fan art unless it has realism. And yes, given that I'm lesbian, that also applies to women's bodies (fairly obviously I suppose). With slash I'm not really bothered by the fandom as such but with the characters that fanfic has created. I love complex characters and complex plot, I also love both sensuality and sexuality. I'm drawn to slash because not only do same sex relationships feel more real and hot to me, but because I do, yes, love two men together. The rating is immaterial if the plot is good, but I'm quite happy enjoying well written PWP at times so it isn't always about plot, though there has to be tension, without that I lose interest fast.