Do you know slash? It’s when (heterosexual) schoolgirls and housewives write gay stories about their favourite (male) movie stars in their spare time. Most of the stories are posted in fanfiction portals. At the moment stories about characters from Harry Potter and Lord Of the Rings are quite en vogue in the community, the scope reaches from romantic to kinky pornographic. Wikipedia says the whole idea already exists since the seventies. Here are three of my favourite slash-videos from youtube. The first one discloses the secret love between Harry Potter and his best friend Ron (it’s untypical because in most slash-stories he’s in a complex relationship with his enemy Draco). The second on is a bit rougher, it designes a new perspective on the relationship between Star Trek’s Kirk and Spock. And the third one is about Superman and Aquaman. Yes, women can be nerds, too.
I like the way they adapt to the genre. My favorite is the Star Trek video, especially the SM undertones. It reminds me of this article I read about how gay Trekees were pushing for a gay character in the show; they argue it would imply the continued existence of gay people in the future. This video is pretty amazing proof that the Trekee approach is wrong: don’t ask for gay characters, make them.