tag:dreamwidth.org,2022-03-13:3945984 death to capslock death to capslock 2011-11-15T14:21:00Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2022-03-13:3945984:181706 http://danajsparks.livejournal.com/ 2011-11-15T14:21:00Z 2011-11-15T14:21:00Z public 20 Posted by: <span lj:user='danajsparks.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=1636811&amp;t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://danajsparks.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>danajsparks.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />In my opinion, Harry is a character who can be written convincingly as gay, straight, or bisexual. I've noticed, however, that I tend to dislike fan fiction that features Harry in a heterosexual pairing. For a long time, I believed that this was simply because I just generally prefer to read slash romance stories. But after reading several Severus/Hermione fics that I thought were absolutely wonderful, I decided to take a closer look at my distaste for straight!Harry fics.* <br /><br />I realized that my aversion to these stories has less to do with Harry being in a het pairing and more to do with how these stories tend to treat certain other important characters. More specifically, I really dislike how Ron, Draco, and Severus are treated in many of these stories. <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://deathtocapslock.dreamwidth.org/181706.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />*To be clear, I'm referring mainly to fics where Harry's relationship with a girl (or sometimes multiple girls) is a major part of the story, not stories where Harry happens to get a girlfriend along the way.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=deathtocapslock&ditemid=181706" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments