Incredibly curious about SupermanxBatman dojinshi now. I'll see if I can pick up any in Osaka next month.
It's equally hard to imagine Superman getting an uke makeover as Batman. Any character not originating in a Japanese source work getting the uke treatment tends to baffle me a little, at least initially. I often need to flip a mental switch to recognize Snape as 'Snape' in many dojinshi. (First HP dojinshi I read was about Snape, and I actually didn't recognize him at all until another character called him by name.) Fanon in dojinshi really can be wildly different from English-language fic fanon.
Fated lovers.... Yes, that might well have much to do with it. There really is a lot of that in anime/manga. I should go consult TV Tropes and also find its Japanese equivalent. But not half an hour before bedtime, the vortex will suck me in. Tomorrow!
I just recalled that Dumbledore actually mentioned Snape having a life debt to James in the very first book. Perhaps this one factlet was powerful enough to launch the James/Snape ship for dojinshika?
Re: Snape/Draco... Not sure who's uke there, I haven't seen much Snape/Draco djs. Will keep an eye out. There are definitely suggestions of Snape/Lucius in some of those James/Snape djs, for sure.
Say, I'm adding a dataset to my site keep track of all these ideas, and who said what. I want to keep that file public so people can consult it to see what's already been discussed. Is it okay if I put (mithen) next to whatever you mentioned? I can make an invisible column for names too, if you'd prefer.
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Date: 2010-02-23 09:38 pm (UTC)It's equally hard to imagine Superman getting an uke makeover as Batman. Any character not originating in a Japanese source work getting the uke treatment tends to baffle me a little, at least initially. I often need to flip a mental switch to recognize Snape as 'Snape' in many dojinshi. (First HP dojinshi I read was about Snape, and I actually didn't recognize him at all until another character called him by name.) Fanon in dojinshi really can be wildly different from English-language fic fanon.
Fated lovers.... Yes, that might well have much to do with it. There really is a lot of that in anime/manga. I should go consult TV Tropes and also find its Japanese equivalent. But not half an hour before bedtime, the vortex will suck me in. Tomorrow!
I just recalled that Dumbledore actually mentioned Snape having a life debt to James in the very first book. Perhaps this one factlet was powerful enough to launch the James/Snape ship for dojinshika?
Re: Snape/Draco... Not sure who's uke there, I haven't seen much Snape/Draco djs. Will keep an eye out. There are definitely suggestions of Snape/Lucius in some of those James/Snape djs, for sure.
Say, I'm adding a dataset to my site keep track of all these ideas, and who said what. I want to keep that file public so people can consult it to see what's already been discussed. Is it okay if I put (mithen) next to whatever you mentioned? I can make an invisible column for names too, if you'd prefer.