Enough already

[swatkat]

Haven't we had enough of R/S vs R/T wankage already?

I'm not sure why fandom insists on abusing the word subtext so much. No, subtext (which isn't always sexual in nature, contrary to popular opinion) doesn't have to be intended by the author. Sometimes it is. Sometimes it's not. It always reminds me of the Isaac Asimov story, where he was told that by the professor that just because he hadn't intended it didn't mean it wasn't there.

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Authors and artists are constantly including materials that they don't consciously (or perhaps even unconsciously, depending on your pov) intend. Marjane Satrapi, the author of the graphic novel Persepolis, was just in town and, in answer to a question about a couple of images in her book, said that she frequently has people point out motifs in her drawings that she didn't realize she'd included.