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Slash in Star Wars
I just don't see the point. In both of the trilogies we have a trio of main characters, two men and a woman. In both, one of the men is in a canonical relationship with the woman. And yet we have Obi/Ani and Han/Luke slash. It's not just a question of 'This character is canonically straight' (and the rejoinder to that is 'Ever heard of bisexuals?'), but, 'this character is canonically in a relationship with someone else'. It's irrelevant whether Anakin or Han like men as well as women, because they've each chosen a particular woman. I'd be equally annoyed if someone put them in a relationship with a Mary Sue female.
And Obi-Wan/Anakin annoys me the most, I think. Both of them see their relationship as familial, and, frankly, I can't see Obi-Wan having sex with anyone, let alone his Padawan. Making it merely about sex (ugh) would flatten out the interesting relationship as it actually is: Anakin trying to treat Obi-Wan as his father-figure while Obi sees him as a brother;![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fernwithy brought this to my attention the other day. Their differing expectations are part of the problem with them. Anakin needs someone to fill the dad-shaped space, and guess who's all ready to step up? Yup, Palpatine.
And Obi-Wan/Anakin annoys me the most, I think. Both of them see their relationship as familial, and, frankly, I can't see Obi-Wan having sex with anyone, let alone his Padawan. Making it merely about sex (ugh) would flatten out the interesting relationship as it actually is: Anakin trying to treat Obi-Wan as his father-figure while Obi sees him as a brother;
fernwithy brought this to my attention the other day. Their differing expectations are part of the problem with them. Anakin needs someone to fill the dad-shaped space, and guess who's all ready to step up? Yup, Palpatine.
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I pretty much just hate all kinds of slash, and it's got nothing to do with homophobia. It's that I hate watching people bend established characterization into a pretzel just because they want to see two characters in bed together. It's one thing if it's a cannon relationship, or if both characters are cannonically not straight and not otherwise involved. But taking two characters clearly intended to be straight (or taken) and sticking them in bed together just for the sake of the smut is obnoxious. It's disrespectful of the universe, it's disrespectful of the characters, and frankly, it's disrespectful of the queer community. I know slashers claim that they're the gay advocates and anyone who hates slash is a homophobe, but no one yet has been able to explain to me how treating sexual minorities as nothing more than sex objects put on this earth for the entertainment of the opposite gender is anything but degrading.
That, and I think anyone who types any version of "OMG OB1/ANIKIN SO HAWT !!1!" when not mocking someone should have their keyboard perminantly removed from their house and given to a more deserving individual.