Master/servant slash

[princesshannah4.livejournal.com]

So I think it's safe to say that this fandom has warped any and all master/servant relationships in fiction for me (not that I have a problem with that ;D). That established, I was just a little nervous about reading/seeing Comedy of Errors this past week because it has TWO master/servant pairs and a housemate that I have a crush on was playing one of the two servants. This could have ventured into RPS. However, the actual performance seemed to justify my suspicions of Syracusian bromance. Antipholus and Dromio did a CONSIDERABLE amount of touching and clinging to each other and giving meaningful looks.

But what I'm really getting as is, do you guys see master/servant relationships as automatic potential for slash, or do the undertones from Jooster just bleed over into other fandoms? Just curious.

Discuss.

Comments

[iambic5.livejournal.com]

For me I think it's less specifically master/servant dynamics and more the dynamic of people who spend a lot of time together and are extremely attuned to one another that I find so shippable. The two just happen to coincide quite frequently, as a good master/servant relationship seems to require that level of attunement. (But I guess it doesn't help that I also see D/s dynamics everywhere, does it?)