*facepalm*
Or, what happens when you realize you've become possessive over fictional people and their fictional sex lives despite best intentions!
So, this month crack_van, after YEARS, does Babylon 5 recs again. Which makes me happy. Now today I check and find a story recommended with a summary that reads: This story starts off with Londo being an ass, which is perfectly believable and has Sheridan and Sinclair enlisting the help of their friends to get back at him. This story is funny, has fun characterization, and is also totally hot. The Centauri apparently have an incredibly strong taboo against same-sex couples, so Sheridan and Sinclair decide to play a practical joke on him by pretending to be a couple.
My first thought wasn't "how come Sinclair and Sheridan are on the station at the same time"?, oh no. It was "the Centauri don't have an incredible strong taboo against same-sex couples because I would know about that by virtue of having written more Centauri fanfic than anyone safe hobsonphile. Also, Londo in particular had sex with his best friend in his teenage years." And we all know he's destined to figure out his feelings for G'Kar.
And then I realized. I have become THAT kind of fan. The one who insists on treating her fanon as canon. Great Maker, I feel so embarassed.
But I still think Londo would find a Sinclair/Sheridan tryst hilarious and definitely wouldn't be shocked. And that the Centauri in general due to being obviously modelled on the Romans by JMS probably have the Roman attitude towards same-sex relationships, patriarchal but not tied to religious taboos, to wit: post-adolescence, it's all about the power hierarchy. If you are on the receiving end, as it were (well, the equivalent for Centauri anatomy), you admit to a lower status. True for either gender.
Now excuse me. I'm going to write down "JMS did not in any way sell the Centauri to me" a hundred times.
So, this month crack_van, after YEARS, does Babylon 5 recs again. Which makes me happy. Now today I check and find a story recommended with a summary that reads: This story starts off with Londo being an ass, which is perfectly believable and has Sheridan and Sinclair enlisting the help of their friends to get back at him. This story is funny, has fun characterization, and is also totally hot. The Centauri apparently have an incredibly strong taboo against same-sex couples, so Sheridan and Sinclair decide to play a practical joke on him by pretending to be a couple.
My first thought wasn't "how come Sinclair and Sheridan are on the station at the same time"?, oh no. It was "the Centauri don't have an incredible strong taboo against same-sex couples because I would know about that by virtue of having written more Centauri fanfic than anyone safe hobsonphile. Also, Londo in particular had sex with his best friend in his teenage years." And we all know he's destined to figure out his feelings for G'Kar.
And then I realized. I have become THAT kind of fan. The one who insists on treating her fanon as canon. Great Maker, I feel so embarassed.
But I still think Londo would find a Sinclair/Sheridan tryst hilarious and definitely wouldn't be shocked. And that the Centauri in general due to being obviously modelled on the Romans by JMS probably have the Roman attitude towards same-sex relationships, patriarchal but not tied to religious taboos, to wit: post-adolescence, it's all about the power hierarchy. If you are on the receiving end, as it were (well, the equivalent for Centauri anatomy), you admit to a lower status. True for either gender.
Now excuse me. I'm going to write down "JMS did not in any way sell the Centauri to me" a hundred times.