This is quite interesting

[swatkat]

I don't get RPS. I doubt I ever will. And domlijah? I have no words. Every time I visit dl_anon I'm reduced to thinking, "Why? Why? What's the point in all this?"

I found this thread in dl_anon today, and it is really very interesting. It has some very insightful thoughts on why the domlijah people act the way they do. There are comments from ex-believers describing their experiences. There's even a staunch domlijah and MsA follower who posts her POV logically and without being wanky (omgtehomophobes!!!1!11).

I still think they are pretty scary people. But I liked this discussion.

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[nell65.livejournal.com]

Frankly, I don't find Elijah Wood too hot either. But it's probably just me.

LOL! I have a personal rule about not getting the hots for men whose hips are significantly smaller than mine....just saying.

Slash - there are some slash stories, especially in StarTrek or other nearly all male story'verses, that I think are really fun romances, some are even interesting explorations of what it is to love a man in cultures that generally don't embrace that very much. Buffy slash also entertains me - because the vamps are so sort of omni-sexual.

But other slash - were there *are* canon het pairings - irritates me, because at some level it seems like a rejection of creating/writing the strong female characters. Like in Farscape - having John Crichton fall in love with anyone not-Ayren Sun. Umm - hello? The guy was in love with her the whole series. Consciously, knowingly head over heals in love with her.

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[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

But other slash - were there *are* canon het pairings - irritates me, because at some level it seems like a rejection of creating/writing the strong female characters. Like in Farscape - having John Crichton fall in love with anyone not-Ayren Sun. Umm - hello? The guy was in love with her the whole series. Consciously, knowingly head over heals in love with her.

I would generally agree with you on that. But only a couple of days ago I read an unbelievably well-written James Potter/Snape fic, although I *know* that James loves Lily and they get married and have a son blah blah blah. I guess there can be excpetions when the fic is that well-written.

Swatkat