Historical slash fiction and Zero vibes

[out_there]

On Brunching Shuttlecocks, they were rating the USA state coins, and the comment about Louisiana just made me laugh:

Speaking of reprises, the trumpet also appears on this coin, along with a pelican and a large welt raised across the center of the US. This is the Louisiana Welt, which Thomas Jefferson planted on Napoleon Bonaparte's ass on Web sites devoted to historical slash fiction. You know, I really thought I was making that up. "Heh," I said to myself. "Historical slash fiction. What a silly idea." But no, a quick Web search reveals a thriving historical slash community. Weird. Eerie. Anyhow, I like pelicans.

I am easily amused, but at least no one asked what I was laughing about. *g*

On a SV note, I found that I still have Zero, and the last two episodes of season one on tape. (Yay for my lack of tape organisation skills!) Rewatching Zero, I can't shake the impression that Jude and Lex were an item at some point. Lex is so affected by him, and his death, and seems to be sending out very few sexual vibes towards Amanda (and considering that this boy sends the vibes out to pool cues and water bottles, that's saying something!). Anyone else get that impression, or is it just me?

*crickets chirping*

Thought so. *g*

Comments

[slodwick.livejournal.com]

It's funny you should mention this, because I believe I read somewhere (Hope's journal, maybe?) that the original script for "Zero" included a rather detailed backstory for Lex and Jude. IIRC, the boys attended the same boarding school, and there was some sort of incident, and the events at Club Zero served not only to further Lex's relationship with Amanda, "helping" her, but also as a sort of retribution against Jude personally.

I suspect that the story was cut down both a) to save time, because it would have been far too difficult to give the backstory it's proper buildup within the format of an hour-long program, and they didn't really have the base audience to support a two-part episode, and b) because the story itself had homoerotic overtones that were so blatant that the network /studio wasn't comfortable with it (which I find hilarious based on what they *do* allow to air).

Also, I found it interesting that in the original version, the Faux!Jude character underwent several operations to make himself look like Jude, as opposed to it being a happy accident.

Like I said, I vaguely remember reading this on someone's journal, but I could be totally wrong about parts of it. I'm almost certain it was Hope, so you might ask her about it, if you really want to know. *g* And now I'm done babbling.

[out-there.livejournal.com]

Interesting. The operations would have been far more believable. "Everyone has a double..." Pshaw.

...the events at Club Zero served not only to further Lex's relationship with Amanda, "helping" her, but also as a sort of retribution against Jude personally.

Yeah, that's the vibes that I kept getting. If Lex just thought he was some piece of scum, he wouldn't have looked quite so torn about Jude getting found out. Seriously, the guy isn't gloating about it, and if he's acting with slightly more compassion than he did when dealing with Victoria, my hoyay alarms start buzzing.

...homoerotic overtones that were so blatant that the network /studio wasn't comfortable with it...

Or, it could just be a case of character development, engaging motivation and believable plotlines are not as important as getting Clark's special effects just right! *g* Seriously, SV plot is not the best on the block, so I'm not surprised that they'd cut that so we can see a little more of Lana dealing with contractors or Chloe busting Clark's chops over his evasive behaviour.