I first had a taste of incestfic quite a few moons ago when I read Simon&Simon brotherfic. Back then it was considered very squicky by the majority of fans, was quite an underground thing in fact. I enjoyed it because the relationship between the character was so loving, and going from that to a sexual relationship was very 'easy' for me.
See, incest has been taboo for many thousands of years between the different sexes for a very good reason - it prevents interbreeding. Having been involved in the cat breeding world for some years, I know what problems you can get with line breeding (that is, breeding fathers to daughters and mothers to sons). So, aside from any moral aspects, its bad for the breed/race to allow parents to have sex with their children.
We humans, of course, add another layer to the pure biological aspect by - quite rightly - saying that it is wrong for parents to have sex with their children and for siblings to have sex. In real life, it is very wrong, and that tends to colour our opinions of incestfic, the same way that paedophilia colours our opinions of chan/underage fic. Sometimes its difficult to differentiate between fantasy and reality, or at least, to differentiate our opinions of the two.
Take Lord of the Rings for example. That fandom has a substantial brotherfic body of work for Faramir and Boromir. I would hazard a guess that interest in this pairing is very much triggered by the fact that two very attractive males play the characters in the movies, that in the few scenes they are seen together they obviously have a strong bond in the face of their father's dislike to Faramir, and all that triggers a desire to put them together.
For Lucius/Draco, you have two blondes, the eldest of whom is attractive, powerful, manipulative and erotic. That's a receipe for slashdom right there. Since they live in an environment where bad behaviour is considered the norm, it wouldn't be that big a step to imagine them indulging in sexual activity.
I've never felt any interest in Harry/James, because James is pretty a well a non-event for me, and personally I'd rather pair Harry with someone far more interesting, like Snape. It's more that lack of interest in one character than any particular aversion to the notion.
I don't see Sirius/Harry as being incest, because they have no blood relationship (at least, no close relationship). There are certainly issues of control and trust, but that's true in the teacher/student set up, too.
Thanks for the chance to ramble, I should shut up now. (-:
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Date: 2004-10-03 07:07 pm (UTC)I first had a taste of incestfic quite a few moons ago when I read Simon&Simon brotherfic. Back then it was considered very squicky by the majority of fans, was quite an underground thing in fact. I enjoyed it because the relationship between the character was so loving, and going from that to a sexual relationship was very 'easy' for me.
See, incest has been taboo for many thousands of years between the different sexes for a very good reason - it prevents interbreeding. Having been involved in the cat breeding world for some years, I know what problems you can get with line breeding (that is, breeding fathers to daughters and mothers to sons). So, aside from any moral aspects, its bad for the breed/race to allow parents to have sex with their children.
We humans, of course, add another layer to the pure biological aspect by - quite rightly - saying that it is wrong for parents to have sex with their children and for siblings to have sex. In real life, it is very wrong, and that tends to colour our opinions of incestfic, the same way that paedophilia colours our opinions of chan/underage fic. Sometimes its difficult to differentiate between fantasy and reality, or at least, to differentiate our opinions of the two.
Take Lord of the Rings for example. That fandom has a substantial brotherfic body of work for Faramir and Boromir. I would hazard a guess that interest in this pairing is very much triggered by the fact that two very attractive males play the characters in the movies, that in the few scenes they are seen together they obviously have a strong bond in the face of their father's dislike to Faramir, and all that triggers a desire to put them together.
For Lucius/Draco, you have two blondes, the eldest of whom is attractive, powerful, manipulative and erotic. That's a receipe for slashdom right there. Since they live in an environment where bad behaviour is considered the norm, it wouldn't be that big a step to imagine them indulging in sexual activity.
I've never felt any interest in Harry/James, because James is pretty a well a non-event for me, and personally I'd rather pair Harry with someone far more interesting, like Snape. It's more that lack of interest in one character than any particular aversion to the notion.
I don't see Sirius/Harry as being incest, because they have no blood relationship (at least, no close relationship). There are certainly issues of control and trust, but that's true in the teacher/student set up, too.
Thanks for the chance to ramble, I should shut up now. (-: