Of course, it also helps when the universe a pairing is set in is not our own. That's true with the B5 universe, and probably also with your Batman/Superman 'verse: they're futuristic enough that such issues may be viewed entirely differently in that society, and also (with B5 in any case) so heavily dramatized that a little escapism doesn't seem out of place.
That's true--it's a little dodgy with comics because they do (very, very rarely) show homophobia in action, but it's not too hard to imagine that the "superhero community" is too enlightened to draw such distinctions. :) But yeah, I do think part of the appeal of scifi fandoms (and most intense fandoms tend to have fantasy or scifi in them) is the feeling that this could be a world where sexuality isn't much of an issue anymore. Susan and Talia help a lot in B5, just by being quietly there.
Incidentally - are there really Marcus/Byron fics around ?? Or were you just coming up with the most improbable pairing in the 'verse? *g*
LOL, I was just reaching for the two most traditionally "pretty" male characters in B5, I've never seen a fic with them together. That would be quite a crack pairing, though--the flowing lock quota would be surpassed by quite a lot.
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Date: 2009-10-05 01:01 pm (UTC)That's true--it's a little dodgy with comics because they do (very, very rarely) show homophobia in action, but it's not too hard to imagine that the "superhero community" is too enlightened to draw such distinctions. :) But yeah, I do think part of the appeal of scifi fandoms (and most intense fandoms tend to have fantasy or scifi in them) is the feeling that this could be a world where sexuality isn't much of an issue anymore. Susan and Talia help a lot in B5, just by being quietly there.
Incidentally - are there really Marcus/Byron fics around ?? Or were you just coming up with the most improbable pairing in the 'verse? *g*
LOL, I was just reaching for the two most traditionally "pretty" male characters in B5, I've never seen a fic with them together. That would be quite a crack pairing, though--the flowing lock quota would be surpassed by quite a lot.