Ever since I started writing and reading slash, I've questioned my own interest in it. What is it about turning these male bromances into actual romances that I find so appealing? I'm not sure I've successfully answered that question.
Maybe because these friendships are so much deeper than anything I've ever experienced in my own life. I have no real basis for understanding a friendship that goes through fire and comes out stronger on the other end. A friendship where two lives are so intertwined.
This immediately makes me think of Steve and Danny. They have such easy affection between them, they've literally gone to hell for each other, and even the actors seem to think that a romantic relationship is the next logical step. Maybe because a friendship that has everything but the kissing feels incomplete somehow? Maybe because I feel that these characters are already almost everything to each other, so why not take it all the way?
In the case of Bucky and Steve, I see a friendship so deep and so important that it negates decades worth of Hydra brainwashing. I see that Steve would let Bucky beat him to death rather than fight him. And I don't understand how a friendship that strong can't be all-encompassing.
And this is really rambly. Sorry about that. ::grins:: But thank you for giving me more to think about on this subject.
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25/3/16 14:18 (UTC)Maybe because these friendships are so much deeper than anything I've ever experienced in my own life. I have no real basis for understanding a friendship that goes through fire and comes out stronger on the other end. A friendship where two lives are so intertwined.
This immediately makes me think of Steve and Danny. They have such easy affection between them, they've literally gone to hell for each other, and even the actors seem to think that a romantic relationship is the next logical step. Maybe because a friendship that has everything but the kissing feels incomplete somehow? Maybe because I feel that these characters are already almost everything to each other, so why not take it all the way?
In the case of Bucky and Steve, I see a friendship so deep and so important that it negates decades worth of Hydra brainwashing. I see that Steve would let Bucky beat him to death rather than fight him. And I don't understand how a friendship that strong can't be all-encompassing.
And this is really rambly. Sorry about that. ::grins:: But thank you for giving me more to think about on this subject.