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

[juliacarmen.livejournal.com]

J/W slash coloured my perception of the relationship between the Patrician, Vetinari, and his secretary, Drumknott, in the Discworld series. I instantly found myself imagining Vetinari taking advantage of Drumknott in several devious ways.

[suziq-phoenix.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Vetinari was always extremely homosexual in my mind. In a... secret, everybody knew but didn't say kind of way. ;)

[iambic5.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I was going to bring them up! They do seem to have a similar dynamic, except that they're both freakishly competent. (Which is quite tasty. Mm.)