Halperin's Book and fanfiction

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

Post I didn't explicitly broach fanfiction in my explication, but it was certainly in my mind as I was reading. Especially as I'm writing Phlint as my go-to m/m these days, who by my timeline Phil joined the Army in 1977 and Clint the circus in 1983.

Has anyone else read this, read things about this?

Comments

[cadenzamuse]

Haven't read this/things about it, but I do find myself wishing if Tumblr weren't imploding that someone was running historically accurate Hawkeye and historically acurate Agent Coulson (maybe someone is?). I think there can be a tendency to not think of anything within one's lifetime as "history" but I am regularly reminded that my SIL who was born in 2002 is nearly an adult, and I think queer history has been particularly...not lost, but disconnected from modern queerness because of losing generations of gay men, as you mention.

Anyway, I thought it was an interesting post? I wouldn't necessarily have thought about the ideas in terms of comedy and tragedy, but certainly I know a lot of queer friends/acquaintances who feel that by mainstreaming we lose, as you say, the counter-genre.