Evisse-- Well, at least we've reached an understanding!
Sapphire_Flame-- That's fine if you feel homosexual relationships are inappropriate in LotR; everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion. I must disagree, though, that as you say, slashing a story is like 'Sueing it. They're entirely different genres save that they involve romance.
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I don't believe homosexual relationships to be appropriate in any way. I'm not a homophobe; and I believe that people are free to make their own choices. But homosexuality contradicts nature.
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You're right, the point of the thread is not to debate the morality of homosexuality, but there are homosexual animals as well as people, so I don't believe it's a contradiction of nature. It's a matter of love, simply put. I have gay friends and I hardly think they contradict nature. They're not going to be fathering children anytime soon, but it's not any sort of perversion.
I have to say, though, that I resent being called "immature" for the types of fanfiction I choose to read. I don't claim to be a Tolkien genius or anything, and in reading/writing slash it doesn't necessarily mean I deny or denounce canon. As I said before, it's just an expansion of possible undertones. I'm not into obscene/explicit fiction, slash or no, so it's not necessarily of a 'dirty' nature.
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But is it really so much trouble to try to enlighten yourself just a little, to realize that just because a small group does somthing it must be "normal" and unwaveringly accepted.
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Are you talking about homosexuality or slash here? Basically with slash we follow a "don't like, then don't read" policy to avoid flamers. But if you're talking about homosexual relationships, yes, it should be accepted because the only way to have a peaceful world is through tolerance.
Out of curiosity, what are your opinions on AU fiction?