Therefore, to get back to where it all started. If the diversity of interpretation is the result of the quest of truth or for an approximation to it, even on the symbolic or philosophical level (incl. the use of metaphore, hyberbole etc.), then it's ok for me. If your Danton fucks Desmoulins or vice versa because you think they did it, or because you use it as a metaphor or their political alliance, or because you want to express and stress Desmoulins' mental dependence on strong figures in his life, it's ok for me. What I feel uneasy about is if that plot does not mean anything at all on the level of either historical or philosophical or even psychological interpretation, moreover, if you evevn find it totally out of character for Danton, and in spite of this consciousness do it just for fun, because it'd be cool to see them having sex. If it's so meaningless, why not to create fictional characters? You may ask what harm does it do to the real people...Well, let me say that I have seen too many intelligent British and US girls who's idea of the French revolution was based on the fiction in English written on it. That's why the fic authors should be responsible. For many people, the FR and the revolutionaries are still a key-part of their past and remain their political reference. I might be old-fashioned, but I feel at unease about seeing the revolution and the people emptied of any ideas, and I cannot but suspect the fact that's done from the hegemonic cultural environment of nowadays, traditionally hostile to the FR. I don't see Danton having homosexual sex as a sacrilege, but I am cautious of the emptying of these people, of neutralizing them and their message. It's not puritanism, erotic fiction can indeed be a vehicle of coming up with important issues (Przybyszewska's close to it quite often ;-). Anyway, I wonder if there are any Henry VIII/Thomas More or Columbus/Isabelle of Castile... Just for fun. Whatever.
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Date: 2009-10-19 09:30 am (UTC)You may ask what harm does it do to the real people...Well, let me say that I have seen too many intelligent British and US girls who's idea of the French revolution was based on the fiction in English written on it. That's why the fic authors should be responsible. For many people, the FR and the revolutionaries are still a key-part of their past and remain their political reference.
I might be old-fashioned, but I feel at unease about seeing the revolution and the people emptied of any ideas, and I cannot but suspect the fact that's done from the hegemonic cultural environment of nowadays, traditionally hostile to the FR. I don't see Danton having homosexual sex as a sacrilege, but I am cautious of the emptying of these people, of neutralizing them and their message. It's not puritanism, erotic fiction can indeed be a vehicle of coming up with important issues (Przybyszewska's close to it quite often ;-).
Anyway, I wonder if there are any Henry VIII/Thomas More or Columbus/Isabelle of Castile... Just for fun. Whatever.