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That genderbent-fic discussion on the Dread Anon Meme reminds me of the all-time WTF genderbent story of my acquaintance. No, not the one where Ranma finds out she was "really" female all along and embraces her petite red-haired persona for good. That was tame by comparison.
Back in the day of single-fandom archives, there was a notable page of stories about The Monkees. Now, Monkees 'fic always straddled the line between TV show 'fic and Real Person Fic, and things got creepy at times (especially when one of Mike Nesmith's relatives popped up on the newsgroup to point out the creep factor). I am a fan and defender of RPF, but the blending of show canon and real life got weird... a lot. Having Peter Tork not be stupid? Great. Having Mike Nesmith's real-life illegitimate kid pop up as a supervillain? Just plain strange, man. Having the Monkees as superheroes who prevent 9/11? NO.
Anyway, there were a couple of authors who specialized in hurt/comfort. Actually, more like maim/comfort. But the stories were long, and had decent enough writing and plots, and featured lots of Mike and Peter and not so much of Davy and Micky, so I was a happy fangirl. But, you see, there was something seriously weird about this writing team. They didn't like slash. Oh, no. Slash was wrong. But damned if they didn't like to turn the Monkees into females and hook them up with other Monkees. Now, there are numerous instances of cross-dressing in the Monkees TV show. I think each guy dons drag at least once during the course of the series, and Davy and Micky are pretty damned cute as girls.Peter, not so much. So a cross-dressing plot or subplot in a Monkees 'fic is totally within the bounds of canon.
Having Mike Nesmith turned permanently into a female by aliens, and have him be OK enough with this turn of events that he then shacks up with a (permanently blinded) Peter Tork... and then "Kayla" and Peter have a kid together... I'm not sure what I'd call that. In denial, maybe? Using a Mary Sue as an avatar of repressed slashy instincts? I don't know. But it was deeply weird, not to mention a recurring motif in these girls' stories. The "Kayla"/Peter epic was so popular someone plagiarized the damned thing (with permission, IIRC), added a prologue/framing sequence, and posted their "remake" with much fanfare.
I don't have a point other than saying that story, its writers, and its fans were all flippin' weird. And I think some of them HAD to be in denial about some of their own impulses. Maybe just the impulse to bang Peter Tork and have his Sue!babies, but in denial all the same.
PS: Now I want to finish that genderbent AU for FE11, but it's just too strange to be funny and too weird to be drama.
Back in the day of single-fandom archives, there was a notable page of stories about The Monkees. Now, Monkees 'fic always straddled the line between TV show 'fic and Real Person Fic, and things got creepy at times (especially when one of Mike Nesmith's relatives popped up on the newsgroup to point out the creep factor). I am a fan and defender of RPF, but the blending of show canon and real life got weird... a lot. Having Peter Tork not be stupid? Great. Having Mike Nesmith's real-life illegitimate kid pop up as a supervillain? Just plain strange, man. Having the Monkees as superheroes who prevent 9/11? NO.
Anyway, there were a couple of authors who specialized in hurt/comfort. Actually, more like maim/comfort. But the stories were long, and had decent enough writing and plots, and featured lots of Mike and Peter and not so much of Davy and Micky, so I was a happy fangirl. But, you see, there was something seriously weird about this writing team. They didn't like slash. Oh, no. Slash was wrong. But damned if they didn't like to turn the Monkees into females and hook them up with other Monkees. Now, there are numerous instances of cross-dressing in the Monkees TV show. I think each guy dons drag at least once during the course of the series, and Davy and Micky are pretty damned cute as girls.
Having Mike Nesmith turned permanently into a female by aliens, and have him be OK enough with this turn of events that he then shacks up with a (permanently blinded) Peter Tork... and then "Kayla" and Peter have a kid together... I'm not sure what I'd call that. In denial, maybe? Using a Mary Sue as an avatar of repressed slashy instincts? I don't know. But it was deeply weird, not to mention a recurring motif in these girls' stories. The "Kayla"/Peter epic was so popular someone plagiarized the damned thing (with permission, IIRC), added a prologue/framing sequence, and posted their "remake" with much fanfare.
I don't have a point other than saying that story, its writers, and its fans were all flippin' weird. And I think some of them HAD to be in denial about some of their own impulses. Maybe just the impulse to bang Peter Tork and have his Sue!babies, but in denial all the same.
PS: Now I want to finish that genderbent AU for FE11, but it's just too strange to be funny and too weird to be drama.
