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. 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.
WHY DO PEOPLE GAYSHIP A NONILLY STRAIGHT CHARACTERS?
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.