hmm. and I made Megs hurt her ribs again. mwhahaha

[burntcopper]

was reading witchqueen's essay on race and slash - here - read all the comments as well.

Aside from the whole ping factor, which is a major part of it, was thinking about the UK version of this. there is bugger all slash where one of the characters is black/asian/arab. Partly ping, partly bloody lazy. Vaughan Rice in Ultraviolet is just not slashable in any way, shape or form. Marquis de Carabas in Neverwhere is eminently slashable, but we never do it. The only characters I can think of slashed in the UK are Nasir (Robin of Sherwood) and Jax (The Professionals). That's... short.

Talked to Meg about this, then Goodness Gracious Me, (where they slash themselves and have that wondrous 'Couldn't you find yourself a nice Indian boy?' sketch) and then Grandma came into my head. Witness the horror.

SaltwaterVice: oh, god, now I've got images of the grandma going "Slash? Ha! I could make it at home for nothing! All I need is two lovely boys, a pinch of chemistry, some lube and a smallllllll aubergine."
SaltwaterVice: small aubergine. oh dear god.
KakkoiiDustergrl: my. ribs. still. hurt. you *bitch*.

:whistles innocently: done this to Meg and her ribs several times today. First there was the rant about the line on this months Boromir pic being utterly unsuitable -
"Let's hunt Some Orc?" feh. should be
SaltwaterVice: "Sooooo, who wants to blow this next?'
KakkoiiDustergrl: ....
KakkoiiDustergrl: my ribs! you *bastard*
SaltwaterVice: :g: It's what I specialise in.
SaltwaterVice: Only those able to handle big weapons need apply.
KakkoiiDustergrl: owwwwww.

Then the realisticness of mpreg in the LOTR verse with deference to species...
SaltwaterVice: then someone spoiled it by pointing out that hobbits are mammals, which since the general record for mpreg is pretty much seahorses and the like only, they'd come down on the side of 'not possible, matey'.
KakkoiiDustergrl: *snerk*
SaltwaterVice: though the pratchett fans pointed out the whole Pratchett thing re: dwarves was the most likely - who can tell what sex they are beneath the beards, helmets and chainmail? Gimli may be female.
SaltwaterVice: terrible shock for Legolas, that.
KakkoiiDustergrl: oww. ribs..can't laugh..

I rule.

Comments

[sharpest_rose.livejournal.com]

Gimli may be female.

He and Legolas can have lots of babies and call them Glod.

[digigoth.livejournal.com]

I have one word to say to you and that's: Bitch!

Aragorn in his fetching Flock wallpaper outfit?

also. there's a bit in the appendixes that talks about how the male/female drawfs are both bearded etc..so you never know..

[dolores.livejournal.com]

re interracial slash -

I have seen Simon/Sanjay (Eastenders) and some Casualty fic where Adam Osman was paired with Sam. Not that this is a great deal more, but at least it's there. Personally, I want to see some This Life slash because, hello Miles/Ferdy and Milly/Anna. Not to mention Kurt/Brian on Teachers, especially after the other night.

As for the Grandma joke? Mwahahahahahaha!

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

and then one of their grandkids can join a band that plays music with rocks in it....

:thwacks forehead:

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

gack. I know this. I've read it, dammit. I forgot. Bad Heather.

And thankee. I try.

[celiaka.livejournal.com]

Freaky- I also said the EXACT same thing about Girl Gimli to my friend this weekend...

[soulstar.livejournal.com]

This wouldn't be a ..... vampire aubergine, would it?

And you know, when I saw this month's calendar pic, all I could think was 'Boromir seems to spend an awful lot of time blowing his horn....' Honestly, just about every picture you see of him. He didn't do it that much in the film, did he?