Okay so this is what I get for going to bed after posting something without thinking it through.. :(

I don't meant to imply that Jack is not sexual, and that all his actions can be interpreted through the lens of soldierly intimacy. Not at all what my point was. It's unquestionable that a lot of Jack's actions are sexual and overtly sexual at ( Read more... )

I've just read an article called '"Kiss me, Hardy,": Intimacy, Gender and Gesture in World War I Trench Literature' by Santanu Das that examines the act of the kiss between soldiers - dying and otherwise. It's rather complex, but one of the lines of thought is that it isn't erotic (though we may view it as such) but comfort. Soldiers kissed their ( Read more... )

I've come to the realisation that I kind of hate what they did to Jack in Exit Wounds.

( cut for spoilers, just in case )