So one of my professors raised an interesting point. Apparently I like boy-on-boy action. Apparently he is also the only professor to have the balls to mention it XD. It's not new. Creative Writing, English, any classes that involve writing, i make sure to include a fic involving gay attraction. So whats with that?
When i thought about this as i got into my car today after i got my paper back, the first thing that came to mind is "I guess i like to make people squirm"
And i suppose that much is true.
I like to write love stories about love that is not "traditional". Traditional love stories are great and all, but they are so...tedious. Anyone can write a love story, boy meets girl, blah blah blah, whatever. Sometimes i like to raise the bar a little and write stories about two boys, or two girls, or interracial, or someone much older. That's probably why my paper for HUM203 does not have any love in the 'traditional' sense. We have a stalker love song, brokeback mountain, a teacher-student love affair, and a short story involving a gay character.
What is it with me and gay guys, you ask?
Well, i suppose it all started quite a few years ago when a little show entitled Queer As Folk made its debut on showtime. My friend Brittany (who amazingly enough was struggling with her sexuality and soon after came out as a lesbian--the show actually helped her get the courage to face her orientation) and i rented the first season one night on a whim, and watched all like, 22 episodes in one very long night. And let me tell you, that show CHANGED MY LIFE. I don't care that it was fiction, those characters became my best friends. It was so real, so groundbreaking, so unseen! Brian, Michael, Justin, Ted, and Emmett, gay best friends, all searching for love. Except Brian. Brian, the no-apologies, selfish arrogant prick who fucks everything that moves, immediately becomes the object of 17-year-old Justin's affections. They eventually fall in love, (well, justin was in love with him right off the bat, it took Brian awhile) and it was honestly one of the most romantic, compelling relationships i have seen on TV. It was portrayed so beautifully, and every episode, i mean EVERY episode left you staring at the credits until they finished rolling. Kind of like really good movies where you can't pull yourself away? Same with QAF. It is my absolute most favorite show and is definitely the most breath-taking series i've ever witnessed. For five seasons i lived for that damn series, until the finale and i was depressed for about a month. It was so sad, knowing i'd no longer get to peak into their lives for an hour and a half every sunday night! While it might be sad that a show can do that to you, it is also true and i am not embarrassed about it. It could be worse, i could be in love with Dancing with the Stars, or something.
Anyway, so i guess that's my story. I was so inspired by the relationships on Queer as Folk, the shit they endured and the balls they all had, that i began to find difficult, untraditional love more compelling than the average relationship. There was something very unapologetic, very raw about QAF, and it has stuck with me ever since.
If it evens me out at all, i'm a huge house/cameron shipper, and they're man and woman XD
I also cheer whenever Colleen and her professor make out. See, i like straight couples.
But even the straight couples are fucked up!
House is a grouchy old bastard and Cameron was once a sweet doe-eyed puppy-lover and is slowly turning into a hardened sarcasm-whore due to the fact that house won't love her (this is just what I take away from her turning into a freak). So theyre fucked up, and i mean, who even needs the story between 20-year-old Col and Professor Adrian Korbel, art historian. Who cares, he's Israeli and approachable-y hot. And he says words like "articulate" and "inconspicuous" and other words that are generally too large for the soap-opera population to pronounce.
I guess i just like difficult/untraditional/fucked up relationships.
I'm glad mine's pretty damn normal.
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