I, um, have a new fandom
Oct. 24th, 2009 09:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luzulaI almost thought that was never going to happen, okay? I mean, I know I love all kinds of (mostly literary) Yuletide fandoms, but other than that, it's been due South all the way for two years. But now I'm doing the staring-dreamily-at-screencaps thing and devouring fic and stuff.
"Generation Kill" is a miniseries about US Marines in Iraq. I feel extremely shallow when I sit there thinking about the pretty boys who should be making out with each other when they're in, you know, a war, which means that people are dying. And it's sometimes uncomfortable to watch because of some of the military jargon, which sometimes manages to be both misogynistic, homophobic and racist. Ouch. My new choice of fandom, it shames me a bit.
The show is actually quite interesting, though, and makes me think that people should never be allowed to make war, because of all the incompetence and sheer stupidity that is happening. Like, they lose their supply truck, because their officer decides they don't have time to change the tire and so they leave it behind. Yeah.
Generation Kill reaches awesome levels of slashiness. For example:
Nate: *hands Brad a can of lube, which he'd been looking for* (okay, gun lube, but still)
Brad: Not to be homoerotic about this, sir, but I could kiss you.
There's a picspam here if anyone wants to know what they look like. IMO Nate is insanely cute (god, the mouth on that guy). Also, he just...tries to do the best he can in a fucked-up situation, which I suppose is what appeals to me about him. Brad is played by a Swedish actor (Alexander Skarsgård), which amuses me. If I record podfic for this, my Swedish accent will finally be appropriate.
Anyway, it seems to be a fairly small fandom, which is kind of a relief to me, because it means I can't drown myself in fic for months (there is some really good fic, though). And it's not like I'm ever going to write anything in it, either.
Gah, I kind of feel like I'm being unfaithful to due South, which is ridiculous. I am not leaving, okay? I'm just... having a fling.
For now, please comment at the LJ entry.
"Generation Kill" is a miniseries about US Marines in Iraq. I feel extremely shallow when I sit there thinking about the pretty boys who should be making out with each other when they're in, you know, a war, which means that people are dying. And it's sometimes uncomfortable to watch because of some of the military jargon, which sometimes manages to be both misogynistic, homophobic and racist. Ouch. My new choice of fandom, it shames me a bit.
The show is actually quite interesting, though, and makes me think that people should never be allowed to make war, because of all the incompetence and sheer stupidity that is happening. Like, they lose their supply truck, because their officer decides they don't have time to change the tire and so they leave it behind. Yeah.
Generation Kill reaches awesome levels of slashiness. For example:
Nate: *hands Brad a can of lube, which he'd been looking for* (okay, gun lube, but still)
Brad: Not to be homoerotic about this, sir, but I could kiss you.
There's a picspam here if anyone wants to know what they look like. IMO Nate is insanely cute (god, the mouth on that guy). Also, he just...tries to do the best he can in a fucked-up situation, which I suppose is what appeals to me about him. Brad is played by a Swedish actor (Alexander Skarsgård), which amuses me. If I record podfic for this, my Swedish accent will finally be appropriate.
Anyway, it seems to be a fairly small fandom, which is kind of a relief to me, because it means I can't drown myself in fic for months (there is some really good fic, though). And it's not like I'm ever going to write anything in it, either.
Gah, I kind of feel like I'm being unfaithful to due South, which is ridiculous. I am not leaving, okay? I'm just... having a fling.
For now, please comment at the LJ entry.
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