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mandragora) wrote2002-11-01 07:49 pm
mandragora) wrote2002-11-01 07:49 pm
Well, well, well
Justin Timberlake (of Nsync fame) has just seen his new solo single go straight into the UK charts at No 2. No mean achievement, considering that apparently we in the UK don't know who Nsync is. Hmmm, or do we?
I'll admit that I don't, but then my interest in boybands is minimal at best. I like Robbie Williams and cheerfully buy his records, but Take That? I Think Not. But yeah, Justin. I thought the record was pretty good, in a Michael Jackson type of way and it looks like the boy done got talent. Really can't see the squee factor, though. He seems to be reasonably pretty, but is just too young for me. My Smallville addiction notwithstanding.
But Clark is (a) not really 15/16 (being played by a 25 year old) and (b) destined for Lex (who is also Not Really 21), and not for me (although the Nsync slashers are, of course, not thinking about Justin in For Me terms either). So, yeah, Justin Timberlake is talented but I'm not feeling the lurve.
And talking of Smallville, Lex is apparently going to have a recurring love interest in the form of a very attractive doctor. I'm looking forward to seeing how the storyline pans out and am doing my best to ignore the predictably tiresome bewailing and gnashing of teeth by a certain section of fandom.
How dare TPTB! They know that Clark is Lex's twue-luv and how dare some horrible, icky woman get between our BSOs. Women! Can't trust them, they're all horrible bitches. And het-sex - yuck, yuck, yuck. Squick!
Sigh. All I can say to those who refuse to believe that there is misogny in slashdom is that I have seen comments similar to the above pasted time and time and time again. In fandom after fandom after fandom.
Yeah, I love my slash. But I'm quite prepared to love the het too (John/Aeryn, Buffy/Spike, drool). And even if I wasn't, I wouldn't be bitching about it.
I'll admit that I don't, but then my interest in boybands is minimal at best. I like Robbie Williams and cheerfully buy his records, but Take That? I Think Not. But yeah, Justin. I thought the record was pretty good, in a Michael Jackson type of way and it looks like the boy done got talent. Really can't see the squee factor, though. He seems to be reasonably pretty, but is just too young for me. My Smallville addiction notwithstanding.
But Clark is (a) not really 15/16 (being played by a 25 year old) and (b) destined for Lex (who is also Not Really 21), and not for me (although the Nsync slashers are, of course, not thinking about Justin in For Me terms either). So, yeah, Justin Timberlake is talented but I'm not feeling the lurve.
And talking of Smallville, Lex is apparently going to have a recurring love interest in the form of a very attractive doctor. I'm looking forward to seeing how the storyline pans out and am doing my best to ignore the predictably tiresome bewailing and gnashing of teeth by a certain section of fandom.
How dare TPTB! They know that Clark is Lex's twue-luv and how dare some horrible, icky woman get between our BSOs. Women! Can't trust them, they're all horrible bitches. And het-sex - yuck, yuck, yuck. Squick!
Sigh. All I can say to those who refuse to believe that there is misogny in slashdom is that I have seen comments similar to the above pasted time and time and time again. In fandom after fandom after fandom.
Yeah, I love my slash. But I'm quite prepared to love the het too (John/Aeryn, Buffy/Spike, drool). And even if I wasn't, I wouldn't be bitching about it.