Barftastic Thoughts vs Yummy Thoughts

[firthgal]

Am I the only one that finds Jim/Pam porn disgusting? I can't even explain it. They just... they're so innocently sweet that the thought of them and porn has always turned me off, and yet the shippers have always talked about them like they'd have wild hot sex and I have to quickly click off the page and go running away from my computer screaming and trying to erase the images from my head. And then today, I clicked on this. *shudder* I think I threw up in my mouth a little. And, when their sex life is eluded to on the show, I get so uncomfortable. I don't know. They're just not sexual! Why does the show and fandom at large force their sex life on me? Why? It's icky. Yech. Ryan/Kelly, no problem with their sex life (because that's pretty much all they did with each other), Michael/Jan, no problem with their sex life. Michael/Holly, on the other hand, I had the same problem as I have with Jim/Pam. In fact, I probably have an even bigger problem thinking of them in sexual terms since their relationship was made to look like ten-year-olds crushing on each other (whereas Jim and Pam were more like 13-year-olds, so... slightly less icky?). And, Andy/Angela was just plain wrong, so... I definitely had trouble thinking of them in sexual terms, but Dwight/Angela I had no problem with because they were always sexual with each other. I don't know. I just have an aversion to childish couples being viewed in sexual ways. I even have that problem with some of my own OTPs, like Daniel/Betty from Ugly Betty. Unless a fic manages to do it right (which, they usually don't), I prefer to keep their sexual life private. I don't even elude to it in my own fics, because... well, they're too innocent. I have no problem thinking of them as a married couple raising a family and growing old together, but the sex would be such an intimate thing for them that it just shouldn't be shown. But then I have OTPs where the chemistry is so physical that I yearn for porn, like Uther/Morgana. And then there are ships like Jack/Liz where the UST is sometimes so strong that I'm just like, "OMG, they need to make out" and other times their affection for each other is so innocent that I'm just like, "Awwwww, they're so sweet," but Jack is so open about sex that I don't really have a problem with Jack/Liz porn (and in fact I read quite a lot of it). I don't know. A lot of people say that fanfic is purely for porn, but... I much prefer emotional development to the porn. Although, emotional development plus GOOD porn for a couple that I can picture in a sexual light is an added bonus.

Anywho, I finished Skins, and series 3 ended up having a few brilliant episodes (Pandora, Namoi, JJ, Emily and Katie) but the rest of that series was crap. I just didn't get why everyone loved Effy. None of them knew anything about her. There were no emotional bonds there, it was purely hormones. So, I didn't care one bit about the love triangle, and that was the main plot of the series. Boring. The most moving story was definitely JJ's episode. The most moving romance was definitely Emily/Naomi. The sweetest one was Pandora/Thomas, until it got ruined. :'( But, yeah, I just wasn't invested in this one like I was for the first two.

And, because it's been too damn long, random ASH:



GOD, I love his hair. *dreamy sigh*

PS

I adore this song with every fiber of my being. Hadn't listened to it in years then it came on my ipod yesterday, and now I can't stop singing it: