Thanks for 'butting in' to agree with what I said! :) I'm glad I'm not alone on this and don't even get me started on the whole 'incest' thing. I remember naievely thinking that when I began to like a few shows with brothers at least I wouldn't have to worry about slash. But apparently not..

I think what irritates me most about the slash thing - given I really do have nothing against slash itself - is the fact that it most often takes a wonderful friendship and distorts it. The favourite bit about most shows for me is seeing those kind of bonds and it bugs me no end that some folks just can't seem to accept two guys have a platonic, brotherly, close relationship. Why??? It's almost insulting to the actors that so often create these great partnerships with chemistry that literally comes off the screen.

I agree absolutely about the h/c thing too. It's not the gratuitous hurt that makes me love the genre either, and when it really is ALL there is to a story it just puts me off completely. Even more so when as a result the characters become so emo or AU that you barely recognise them. I too love to read stories that could fit into the TV schedule easily...