dewritten reblogged your post: New slash fic pet peeve: When every female…
I honestly...
I honestly don’t think it’s high school (though it may be immaturity), because I’ve seen it in stories by people out of high school and even college, albeit often more subtly; I think it’s a consequence of the narrative and the genre. In the first place, most slash is romance driven so the plot and most of the interactions taking place will be in regard to the romantic relationship. So in essence, the only interactions between female characters and the main (male) character are parsed down to the “essential” (to discuss the relationship and thus drive the romantic plot forward) and other interactions are cut. This leaves the interactions with females feeling out of place compared to those between him and his male friends who have a stronger narrative investment in him and his relationship.
I agree that it’s usually clumsily done and often the writer will make excuses like “women are aliens” through the male character’s perspective because they actually do notice that it is unusual but don’t know how to solve the problem more gracefully, but has a valid reason: moving the narrative. And I guess, if you want to think on a bit more ugly terms, the validation of homosocial interaction supports the homosexual relationship. (Not that it needs validation but there you go.)
