Because I've been a big ole slasher since I was a kid, but at the start, it wasn't for a TV show.
Oh, yes. I was responding to slashy vibes long before I was old enough to think in terms of romance and sex; I just knew I loved a certain kind of dynamic between two men, and would become obsessed with any book in which I found that dynamic. (These books tend to be my Yuletide requests now; I'm always hoping I'll find the one other person who found I, Robot slashy.)
And I also created my own universes with my own stories, and of course there were certain slashy vibes there, too. (Mostly femslash, though, come to think of it, until age 14 or so.)
I had a warlock sex magic world, a vaguely Zane Grey-ish outlaw cowboy world, and an ephebe/mentor Greek warriors world (completely ripped off from Mary Renault, guilty, your honor), just off the top of my head.
Warlock sex magic and outlaw cowboys make my heart sing with joy. And I, too, had a mentor/ephebe world. (This was before I discovered Renault, though; I was basing it off what I'd read about Greek society. But when I did find Renault, my immediate reaction was, "Oh my god, someone else does this! Someone else wrote my story!" It was a wonderful, wonderful moment.)
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Oh, yes. I was responding to slashy vibes long before I was old enough to think in terms of romance and sex; I just knew I loved a certain kind of dynamic between two men, and would become obsessed with any book in which I found that dynamic. (These books tend to be my Yuletide requests now; I'm always hoping I'll find the one other person who found I, Robot slashy.)
And I also created my own universes with my own stories, and of course there were certain slashy vibes there, too. (Mostly femslash, though, come to think of it, until age 14 or so.)
I had a warlock sex magic world, a vaguely Zane Grey-ish outlaw cowboy world, and an ephebe/mentor Greek warriors world (completely ripped off from Mary Renault, guilty, your honor), just off the top of my head.
Warlock sex magic and outlaw cowboys make my heart sing with joy. And I, too, had a mentor/ephebe world. (This was before I discovered Renault, though; I was basing it off what I'd read about Greek society. But when I did find Renault, my immediate reaction was, "Oh my god, someone else does this! Someone else wrote my story!" It was a wonderful, wonderful moment.)