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A while ago I found a treasure trove of newsgroups run by young women and teenagers who wrote romantic/erotic fan fiction about boy bands starring themselves and their friends. It was fun to watch the fiction flex to include newcomers and their requests ("Oh, I want to be Ashley's best friend! And I have red hair, and green eyes, and my favorite color is blue. Can you write me in?") This was, I thought, a different kind of MUD, and almost 100% female in population.
I started searching for similar phenomena and can across this delightful fan fic starring Lance Bass of *NSync and the notorious Eminem. The set up is delicious, and there are extremely amusing touches which lend an air of playfulness to the story. I love that whenever Eminem gets pissed off he runs himself a bubble bath, or that Chris and Joey are portrayed as the only non-gay members of *NSync (well, duh).
It is also an interesting investigation into gay relationships. Lance is, of course, the more femme of the pair, his "jade-green eyes" ever-ready to well up with big beautiful tears. Eminem growls and scowls and swears but underneath it all lies a vulnerable warm heart (not to mention a tasty six-pack). An incident happens which reveals that Em is an exclusive top, and Lance tries in his gentle way to make him see that that's not promoting equality in the relationship.
Even more fascinating in this fantasy is the role played by fame itself. Because of their status, the relationship must be kept secret to all (eventually, Dr. Dre finds out - but there are no villains in this piece). An actually moving scene occurs at a party where both Lance and Em make an appearance - and Em looks right through Lance as if he doesn't exist. Lance is wounded, but of course, he understands - he, too, pays the price of fame. None of the very gay characters who appear throughout have the freedom or desire to come out - it's a giant party closet. The author does not deal with this issue naively - s/he recognizes the complexity of the problem and allows it to continually interfere in the relationship, positing it as the one force that could tear the lovers apart.
I admire the boldness and inventiveness of the writer to take on such an intriguing interpretation of Eminem's fabled homophobia and turn it into a discourse on the meaning of fame and homosexual identity.
Posted by jane at December 18, 2002 09:47 PMFanfiction.net used to have lots of yuri/yaoi/shounen-ai stuffs in there.
They even had celebrity yaoi/yuri/shounen-ai stuffs before they took them down.
But that's just gross even for me. N'SYNC and Eminem... yuckage.
Nothing beats the androgenous bishounen from anime/manga glomping on each other.
ik wil graag die shit anders kill ik jullie..
Posted by: hailly on December 23, 2002 08:12 AMik wil graag die shit anders kill ik jullie..
Posted by: hailly on December 23, 2002 08:12 AMare crush-maker MUDs really limited to low tech fan fiction solutions? i guess so, given how fast people grow bored of trying to make their SIMs fall in love (no gratifying sex scenes...).
Posted by: sarah on December 23, 2002 02:58 PMif you love homoerotic fan fiction, you might like this fan art of LOTR characters.
and here's the story to go along with it:
Posted by: Olivia on December 26, 2002 09:17 PMO.O
that Legolas x gimli yaoi fic and picture scarred me for life.
Now I can't look at Legolas without thinking of him nekkid in front of gimli.
teh horror *goes back reading Weiss Kreuz yaoi fanfic*
Posted by: kyo on December 26, 2002 10:37 PMgood
Posted by: albasame on March 17, 2003 02:43 AMLancie wancie pancie poo? And Emmi-nemmi-wemmi-nem? *faints* Thank you lordy lord lord.
Posted by: Sarafina Cleopatra Took on August 3, 2003 03:39 PMI luv Eminem He iz sooooooo hott.
I luv his songs and everythin about him
He is a really cool person
Keep goin
Em
what the hell? i didn't read the whole thing becuase i was just searching for em's fav. color and google gave me this site and if this is about eminem and that gay @$$ backstreet boy or Nsync boy w/e being together and what not. you guys are freakin sick who the hell do you think you are. but if it is not about that then i am sorrie. i just didn't want to take the time out to read it.
Posted by: Cassondra on November 29, 2003 03:42 PMwhat the hell? i didn't read the whole thing becuase i was just searching for em's fav. color and google gave me this site and if this is about eminem and that gay @$$ backstreet boy or Nsync boy w/e being together and what not. you guys are freakin sick who the hell do you think you are. but if it is not about that then i am sorrie. i just didn't want to take the time out to read it.
Posted by: Cassondra on November 29, 2003 03:43 PMwhat the hell? i didn't read the whole thing becuase i was just searching for em's fav. color and google gave me this site and if this is about eminem and that gay @$$ backstreet boy or Nsync boy w/e being together and what not. you guys are freakin sick who the hell do you think you are. but if it is not about that then i am sorrie. i just didn't want to take the time out to read it all. as you might be able to tell i am a huge fan of eminem so yeah :)
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