Ice Cube is a very sexy man. So is Snoop Dogg. Though, previously, I’d never imagined them locked in a tight “69,†the entries at Rockfic.com have given me some naughty, naughty ideas.
Snoop would be the bottom, for sure – his long, lean frame and caramel skin warmed from the California sun. Cube, the brawnier and the brainier of the two, would be spoonin' up on him -- 'cause he's in charge like that. It's gangsta love in the LBC, y'all. Holla at a playa.
It’s sick and wrong, I know. But it's kinda sexy and hilarious too. Though you won’t find any rap stars on Rockfic, what you will find are lots and lots of fan-generated fictitious stories involving members of popular musical acts engaged in homoerotic liaisons. Called “bandfic†or “bandslash†(because of the punctuation involved in pairing these curious couplings), the phenomenon was brought to my attention via the latest issue of the always captivating Utne Reader.
Apparently, this sharing of fantasy celeb smut has been going on for quite some time -- finding its genesis back in the '60s heyday of Star Trek, when viewers began to sense a “certain something†between Kirk and Spock. What started as simple fan fiction eventually evolved into ridiculous intergalactic buggering. And now, according to the Utne story, flourishing web communities of (mostly) female rock fans have picked up the studded gauntlet.
Though there’s plenty of bandslash peppered throughout the web (much of it centered around sexually ambiguous acts like Panic at the Disco and Fall Out Boy), Rockfic represents the most unified and committed collection of bandslashers online. In its archives, you’ll find sexy gay stories about everyone from Rush (yikes!) to Nickelback to Jack White.
Hair metal bands like Def Leppard and Iron Maiden are particular favorites -- Metallica tops the list with a shocking 352 entries. While not all the posts are pornographic, brief blurbs reveal which ones are. A particularly vivid encounter between Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour and the band’s longtime producer, James Guthrie, in Lessons Learned, penned by Luna 65, demonstrates the level of fandom that goes into composing these nuggets of fictitious filth. With so much factual historical background available on the subjects, these stories (most of which are surprisingly well-written) take on a creepily authentic-sounding air.
But they are not without humor. In the blurb for Mister Kilmister, a homoerotic tale of a hotel room encounter between tourmates Lemmy Kilmister (the gnarled, warty, ancient frontman for Motorhead) and his rock progeny, Metallica singer James Hetfield, author ScrewTheDaisies issues this disclaimer: Warning: Story contains images of Lemmy that you may not want burned forever on the face of your brain.
With a tease like that, how can you resist? Rockfic.com charges a nominal $2 per year fee to view its twisted content, but offers a two-day free trial for tourists. Start clicking.
Wendy Case is the MOLI View's contributing editor for Arts & Entertainment.
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