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Jan. 4th, 2011 11:06 amA reason not to give up occasionally reading fandomsecrets despite the annoying bashing sometimes going on: first someone pines for Danton/Robespierre slash and then there is a Robespierre/St. Just is the One True Revolutionary Pairing counter reaction. It gladdens my geeky soul.
Incidentally, my own observations on this matter:
1.) The early 80s movie Danton (starring a young Gerard Depardieu in the title role) does provide slashy vibes between D & R, but
2.) Hilary Mantel's A Place of Greater Safety has irrevocably convinced me the real subtext was between Camille Desmoulins/Robespierre and Camille/Danton (actually, Camille/Anyone isn't hard to justify because, you know, Camille) plus
3.) The Robespierre/St. Just 'shippers have a point about St. Just's big, big crush on on The Incorruptible.
My basic problem with any of the above, though, is that Robespierre strikes me as asexual. Though he did have a mistress during the last years of his life, so clearly I'm wrong.
Incidentally, my own observations on this matter:
1.) The early 80s movie Danton (starring a young Gerard Depardieu in the title role) does provide slashy vibes between D & R, but
2.) Hilary Mantel's A Place of Greater Safety has irrevocably convinced me the real subtext was between Camille Desmoulins/Robespierre and Camille/Danton (actually, Camille/Anyone isn't hard to justify because, you know, Camille) plus
3.) The Robespierre/St. Just 'shippers have a point about St. Just's big, big crush on on The Incorruptible.
My basic problem with any of the above, though, is that Robespierre strikes me as asexual. Though he did have a mistress during the last years of his life, so clearly I'm wrong.
