Well, I do see the homoerotic subtext of the *characters*, but certainly not the *actors* - I agree that plays to me as very close collegial friendship and horsing around - but then I'm also *used* to the kind of play that actors indulge in all the time, so it doesn't read to me as anything "more". As for the brothers, I do see where it can spill over, but I also agree that one has to strap on the slash goggles and actively look for it to find it. Which is not generally how I like my slash - I like it to slap *me* upside the head, not dig around in the corners to turn up a hint of it. But all that said, the fact that other fans seem to see/hear it more front-and-center than I do doesn't bother me.
And I think I even get that the creative team obviously *thought* they were laughing with us, but really, no. Not even a little bit. I can even imagine a conversation wherein Kripke or someone else says in response to criticism, "Oh, come on, folks. We KNOW that the fans in the episode were not OUR fans - for one thing, we DELIBERATELY made them all guys so you'd know we weren't poking fun at YOU." But that doesn't explain Becky, who first of all, Chuck should throw to the curb RIGHT FUCKING NOW, nor does it explain the writers' seeming "need" to paste a gay couple into an episode that really didn't need it. As Tim Gunn would say, "Edit, edit, edit!"
I actually have a half a chapter written for a book in which the main characters are in fact both brothers *and* lovers, just so there's no way anyone can debate either point. ;^)
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Date: 2009-11-13 03:05 pm (UTC)And I think I even get that the creative team obviously *thought* they were laughing with us, but really, no. Not even a little bit. I can even imagine a conversation wherein Kripke or someone else says in response to criticism, "Oh, come on, folks. We KNOW that the fans in the episode were not OUR fans - for one thing, we DELIBERATELY made them all guys so you'd know we weren't poking fun at YOU." But that doesn't explain Becky, who first of all, Chuck should throw to the curb RIGHT FUCKING NOW, nor does it explain the writers' seeming "need" to paste a gay couple into an episode that really didn't need it. As Tim Gunn would say, "Edit, edit, edit!"
I actually have a half a chapter written for a book in which the main characters are in fact both brothers *and* lovers, just so there's no way anyone can debate either point. ;^)