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   toothlesshag January 4, 2010 at 23:55

   Yes yes – but this is exactly why I wouldn’t read Doyle….or The Belgariad. Or any other male-is-the-hero story where the characters are asexual and above human.

   At least Tolkien’s romance was EPIC, though an afterthought in the apendix, I must have focussed on THAT glance of love, more than I did on the features of the dark lord and all his armies – but maybe It’s ‘cuz I am a girl.

   I’m not big on silly slash pairings, but I’ve maybe met a handfull of actual asexual people in my entire life, and when authors write their characters that way (and it’s not a feature of the character – a story about an actual asexual dealing with it would be cool) I just can’t believe the characters. That’s the problem for me with so much of the sci fi. I love sci-fi! I hate sci-fi written by men about little boys. And then if it’s sexy – it’s sexist (I’m pointing at Mr. Pierce Anthony and his heroine who is the slave of her period.)

   Now I realize that in victorian times – it wasn’t talked about so much – and yet they were called “romantics.” Huh.

   So- I guess you didn’t like the movie?

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   countfroggy January 5, 2010 at 00:03

   So, you expect ‘fans’ to read the original??? There’s no fun in that!

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   tricstmr January 5, 2010 at 14:35

   Ya know…

   …it just occurred to me that almost all of the book religions could pretty much be considered fandoms of the original religious works (Torah, Bible, Koran)…

   hmmmm…..

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