The decline...

[highlyeccentric]

Of my visceral anti-fanfic stance starts here. *All* Arthurian literature is basically fanfic, right?

The lovely fahye was offering two-sentence slash fics, and I requested Lancelot/Gawain, *after* the death of Gawain's brothers (a la Malory):

Honour is a French word.

Gawain rubs the heel of his palm against his eyes until his brothers' judging faces have disappeared and thinks, uncharitably, about the irony of etymology.

eta: holy jam on toast, the woman writes well. Four-sentence Narnia and, bizarrely, two-sentence lemonade/sunlight slash.

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On the other hand, I am *not* going over to the Dark Side. For a period of about two hours this afternoon my parents were going to buy me a Macbook, and then I returned to the light with the realisation that not only would I need to buy OfficeMac, but I'd also need new speakers¹, *and* my only MP3 Player options would be IPods. Since the aforementioned IPod shuffle no longer meets with my approval, due to lack of screen or playlist sorting options, and Myer had a lovely Walkman MP3 Player at $100 off... no, I don't think I want a Macbook after all. I want to keep all my accumulated PC accessories, and just have a new PC to run them on.

1. I've just been informed that no, I would not have to replace my speakers. But my Macbook lust has worn off a little, and methinks it's not worth it after all. Methinks I know my way around a PC, more or less, and that's good enough for now.

Comments

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

I might indeed by tempted by said Gawain/Yvain slash...

although, really, I'm not sure that there's any *point* in anyone writing Gawain slash... the Pearl Poet nailed it so perfectly...

[tarimanveri.livejournal.com]

Sadly, it's five years (far too long) since I read Sir Gawain in my Arthurian Tradition class and I only vaguely remember the slashiness. However, in terms of Mallory Slash, I seem from this post (http://tarimanveri.livejournal.com/2003/04/17/) back in the day to have considered the possibilities of Lancelot/Bors, Tristan/Tristan, and Mordred/Agawain. Here (http://tarimanveri.livejournal.com/2003/04/21/), I also discover slashy Perceval/Galahad moments...

Possibly I need to reread the Pearl Poet.

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

when you do, you should definitely read David L Boyd's article 'Sodomy, Misognyny and Displacement', for all your slashy needs.

[tarimanveri.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I am definitely (always!) open to article recs. Will read! I've been thinking that it might be useful for me to look at some queer-theory oriented stuff for this paper on male friendship. Even if it isn't, really, it's as good an excuse as any, and I am trying to come at it from a gender and ideology sort of direction...

In other words, if you have anything else you think I should read, please do tell!

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

mmm... Boyd's the only really good rec I have for that sort of thing, but fish through his bibliography and I suspect you'll find something :)