>>making one character totally dependent on the other for everything upt o and including bodily functions, putting one in the role of the caretaker while incapacitating the other etc.,<<
Sure. To various degrees this motif is a pretty widespread favorite of all three parts of fandom (gen, slash, het) but, as you said, in its manifestation as one character's kinky fantasy/play it comes across as very OOC - guess that's why I can't help but snicker about it. They say a good author can "sell" you anything but I seriously doubt I could buy that scenario when it comes to John and Rodney, no matter who wrote it.
>>The same is true for kinks like slavefic and such, I think.
Yes, I think you're right here. Everytime I stumble over a D/s or heavy bondage-fic with John as the submissive one/tied up one I have a hard time seeing and believing it because I can't help but think that John was probably already captured, subjugated and/or tied up too often in his life to find it particularly erotic. Somehow I think he would have more the "your game reminds me too much of my day job"-approach on it. *g*
Same goes for Rodney and pain. His aversion against pain is canonically so strong that I can't help but mentally hear him *complain* whenever I happen to stumble over a S/M fic that has him as the one with the masochistic tendencies. It's just very hard to buy for me, albeit not as impossible as the diaper-scenario. :-)
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Sure. To various degrees this motif is a pretty widespread favorite of all three parts of fandom (gen, slash, het) but, as you said, in its manifestation as one character's kinky fantasy/play it comes across as very OOC - guess that's why I can't help but snicker about it. They say a good author can "sell" you anything but I seriously doubt I could buy that scenario when it comes to John and Rodney, no matter who wrote it.
>>The same is true for kinks like slavefic and such, I think.
Yes, I think you're right here. Everytime I stumble over a D/s or heavy bondage-fic with John as the submissive one/tied up one I have a hard time seeing and believing it because I can't help but think that John was probably already captured, subjugated and/or tied up too often in his life to find it particularly erotic. Somehow I think he would have more the "your game reminds me too much of my day job"-approach on it. *g*
Same goes for Rodney and pain. His aversion against pain is canonically so strong that I can't help but mentally hear him *complain* whenever I happen to stumble over a S/M fic that has him as the one with the masochistic tendencies. It's just very hard to buy for me, albeit not as impossible as the diaper-scenario. :-)