Wonderful list and explanation! I especially like how you distinguish between particular and general behavior (like the Buffy and Sheppard dying thing versus the only for you thing of other characters).
Of course, I disagree on McShep, but then slash always is in the eyes of the beholder, right? :-)
[and I just realized that Livia said it so much better with what are they to each other that no one else is... I think it might be about *choice*, i.e., if you *have* to live together it's very different than consciously choosing to do so (possibly even against all odds), etc.
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Date: 2006-08-16 08:01 pm (UTC)From:Of course, I disagree on McShep, but then slash always is in the eyes of the beholder, right? :-)
[and I just realized that Livia said it so much better with what are they to each other that no one else is... I think it might be about *choice*, i.e., if you *have* to live together it's very different than consciously choosing to do so (possibly even against all odds), etc.