Contents:
- I'VE GOT ISSU: WHY MATTERS IF A FICTNAL CHARACTER IS GAY
- WHY DO PEOPLE GAYSHIP A NONILLY STRAIGHT CHARACTERS?
I'VE GOT ISSU: WHY MATTERS IF A FICTNAL CHARACTER IS GAY
Whether they’re nonilly straight or gay, some fans n’t help but read between the l of tensn or affectn between two characters and see queer subtext. Alpha-Flight’s Northstar has Bobby beat by a good two s as the first openly gay Marvel character. Fans also ce the fact that olr Mago has yet to have an on-screen romance, somethg McKellen (who is gay) joked about durg an terview wh Empire 2006.
WHY DO PEOPLE GAYSHIP A NONILLY STRAIGHT CHARACTERS?
This ship (though s early adherents wouldn’t, of urse, have lled that) was verbalised as ‘Kirk slash Spock’, givg rise to the age of ‘slash’ for gay fan fictn. Gay) ships, as pared to fans of wtern shows, has filtered over to the fan fictn self. Many women themselv – ually, though not always, heterosexual – eely gravate towards the productn and nsumptn of gay fictn.