Joe and David and Mad Manly Love

[duffy]

Disclaimer: I did not take notes and my memory is not what it used to be, so these little scraps are just to the best of my feeble recollection.

There was a question asked about John and Rodney's relationship. Basically the person said she had heard they were more than friends.** Joe and David didn't seem offended by this, mostly they just seemed amused. They just laughed. Joe said "do you all know about fanfic?" David corrected him "it's fan fiction". Joe said I thought fanfic was the ones that are homoerotic in nature". I can't really remember what came next, b/c I was getting really nervous that this was going to go to an awkward place. But a little later Joe very seriously shrugged and said (paraphrasing here): "I just figure we're done with our part, the characters are out there, they're not ours, you can do or think whatever you want to with the characters." Yay, Joe! My take on it was he's got a busy real life and it's just not something he would spend two seconds thinking about.

But he and David did have fun with it every once in awhile on stage. Joe said to David "the real romance was you and Beckett. I wasn't able to come between you and break you up." And then he made a determined little face and said "God knows I TRIED."

There was something else Joe said about Rodney saying "the wraith are coming, we're all going to die" and Sheppard saying "but you must sleep with me first". They seemed to think this was silly. (oh boys, you just go on thinking that!)

And then at some point there was something Joe said (in regards to making another SGA movie or series) about "hey, we've been cancelled; we can do whatever we want now". And David said in a deep voice "Mad Manly Love". (I assume a reference to Mad Men.)

**Almost nothing annoys me more than when fans bring up slash. This is supposed to be *our little secret*. I know all actors now know about it, but that's still no reason to shove it in their faces. It's embarassing and awkward. That being said, this time it was OK and funny. I can't really explain why but maybe because the person was not a native English-speaker and it came off as very innocent and naive and also a little vague "my friend tells me they were more than friends...". I don't know, I can't explain it, but it was pretty much ok. But my position on talking about slash in front of actors in general still hasn't changed.

Comments

[data785.livejournal.com]

Yes, I agree with all of this. People just don't bring it up. If the actors bring it up, that is one thing, but I feel like it's just asking for trouble to bring it up in general.

Or giving them fan fiction. WHY? What do you think they will do with it? Read it and leave you feedback? C'mon!

[duffy-99.livejournal.com]

This instance really did turn out OK, and Joe and David both seemed to have fun with it. But that doesn't mean they really want to *read* slash about their characters or come face-to-face with an NC-17 drawing of themselves. I'm grateful they are as nonchalant about it as they are. They seem fine with just joking about it without actually thinking about it too much, and that's just fine with me! I did love Joe's comment about the characters not belonging to them and being out there for people to see however they wanted.

[vamysteryfan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think it's just a bad idea. Glad they didn't take it too badly.

[duffy-99.livejournal.com]

Oh, they didn't take it badly at all! They had some fun with it. And I loved Joe's perception that the characters didn't belong to them, they were out there for anyone to view as they wanted to.

[berryann.livejournal.com]

Now that's just weird that people would be doing it.... but they do... I still remember Joe's and David's reaction to a very similar question while they were both on stage at FedCon in Bonn in 2010... There was this awkward moment, you could easily see how *shocked* they seemed...for a moment, but still, they quickly turned it into a joke..."Oh Joe writes all of those stories himself" or "I don't read slash fic.... not more than twice a day", etc.... Yes, I think they managed that situation VERY well, not to mention that the asking person got kinda "boooooo-ed" by the rest of the audience....

I agree with you, it should be kept as "our secret" but still I don't think it's cool that they would assume that all fanfic is ONLY about slash... ;)

Thank you for sharing with us :)

[memprime.livejournal.com]

I can't find the FedCon in Bonn that you speak of, berryann. :(

I agree with duffy for the most part; however, I do love actors who do fan-service (Anyone remember Ben Browder and Michael Shanks? ^.~ :D )