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February 22, 2005
Kinky Talking-Head Slashfic: An idea whose time has come.
A little more than a week ago, in a post about Keith Olbermann's disturbingly borderline-homoerotic obsession with Bill O'Reilly, I mentioned that there was some Olby slash fiction floating around the Web.
Looks like I scooped Wonkette on the slashfic tip! Whaddya know. She posted about Daily Show slashfic on Feb 17, mentioning a few specific sites.
I've thought for a long time that talking-head slashfic must exist out there, and that there should be a site to serve as a clearinghouse for it. I even toyed with the idea of setting up such a site. I hope someone does.
It doesn't have to be only slashfic, either. For example, what cable news watcher/fiction writer wouldn't like to explore what would happen if Chris Matthews and Zell Miller really did duel? Swords or pistols? Who would each choose as a second? Where would the final confrontation take place? In Herald Square, where Matthews' booth was set up during the RNC, or on the floor of Madison Square Garden? Whose honor would be upheld, and whose would be besmirched?
I see a whole subcategory of fanfic on just this topic alone.
Yes, someone should set up this site. Who among us is brave enough to face the inevitable cease-and-desist letters from FOX when a particularly rambunctious piece of Hannity/Colmes slash is posted?
Is there no hero out there?
Posted by EtherPundit at February 22, 2005 08:25 AM Category: Mockery , Television
Comments
Oh, dear lord. A Zell Miller/Chris Matthews duel? I think Matthews would pull a Homer Simpson, and flee to a tomacco farm.
I fondly remember that night of the convention, when Matthews had his schtick yanked out from under him and dumped on his head. The panicked look on his face, like he was THIS CLOSE to crying, gave the impression that, for just a second, he truly believed Zell was going to storm over from Penn Station with pistols blazing.
A desperate cry of "My kingdom for a horse!" would not have been out of place.
Posted by: Mick McMick at February 22, 2005 11:57 PM