Hee, I think I just have no life, so I've pondered on this quite a bit over the years as the series has been on, lol.
I totally think it's just habit for fans to slash anyone at any time. I mean, take this whole Dean/Castiel explosion that's been happening this season. The characters, in canon, do not really get along that well and definitely don't trust each other or have any romantic chemistry (so far), but yet from the SECOND he was on screen in the premiere, people have been slashing him w/ Dean all over the place. But...it doesn't really make sense given the ACTUAL canon in the show. I'd say Sam/Dean in season 1 definitely made a LOT more sense at the time (and still do to some extent), but like I said, looking back in retrospect and knowing future events and how they impact the brothers makes it appear just a bit differently. Well, to me, anyway. Lol. :)
Yeah, I agree that you form your thoughts on this based on what you'd like to see written as a story. I think the foreplay or buildup is just as fun as the actual porny moments, cause you get to go inside the boys' heads and experience the struggle and the pain and the guilt and the desperation that leads them to that choice. I mean, I love me some PWPs for the hot porn, but the stories that stick out to me and become my favorites and the ones that are really long and drawn out, and you're allowed to go on that emotional rollercoaster w/ the boys and experience what they have to go through to get to that decision, that moment when they risk everything to be together in that way and have it be more than just sex. It's the best kind of romance, cause they really are all each other has, and I find that incredibly beautiful and heartbreaking to read.
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I totally think it's just habit for fans to slash anyone at any time. I mean, take this whole Dean/Castiel explosion that's been happening this season. The characters, in canon, do not really get along that well and definitely don't trust each other or have any romantic chemistry (so far), but yet from the SECOND he was on screen in the premiere, people have been slashing him w/ Dean all over the place. But...it doesn't really make sense given the ACTUAL canon in the show. I'd say Sam/Dean in season 1 definitely made a LOT more sense at the time (and still do to some extent), but like I said, looking back in retrospect and knowing future events and how they impact the brothers makes it appear just a bit differently. Well, to me, anyway. Lol. :)
Yeah, I agree that you form your thoughts on this based on what you'd like to see written as a story. I think the foreplay or buildup is just as fun as the actual porny moments, cause you get to go inside the boys' heads and experience the struggle and the pain and the guilt and the desperation that leads them to that choice. I mean, I love me some PWPs for the hot porn, but the stories that stick out to me and become my favorites and the ones that are really long and drawn out, and you're allowed to go on that emotional rollercoaster w/ the boys and experience what they have to go through to get to that decision, that moment when they risk everything to be together in that way and have it be more than just sex. It's the best kind of romance, cause they really are all each other has, and I find that incredibly beautiful and heartbreaking to read.