Does that make sense? I don’t want to say, “what characters have you always read as queer even when they were straight” because that assumes straight is the default. Like, if some character has nothing indicating one way or the other, we assume straight. I want if they are indicated as straight, or not indicated as anything, either way you still chose to read them as Queer. Not even chose, they just read that way to you.
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Book Day/Pride Question: What Famous Book Romance Should Be Made into a Same-Sex Indian Movie? (also known as “Margaret crafts the perfect Jane Eyre adaptation”)
Not same-sex in the book! That’s the point. Usual boy-girl thing in the book, and then you flip the genders and make an awesome movie.
Continue readingBattle of the Female Novelists! Who is More Indian Filmi, Alcott or Austen????
So I’m watching the Pakistani show Heer and thinking about how much it is like Alcott’s An Old-Fashioned Girl. Which brings up the question, is Alcott or Austen more Indian filmi?
Continue readingSilly Sunday: Little Women as a Dark Romantic Drama! Laurie is Evil and Amy is Gay
Thanks Alisa! You saw the new American Little Women and complained about it which inspired me to rethink my Indian remake (already wrote it once here) when you suggested that one of the Little Women should get herself a Little Woman.
Continue readingShahrukh Summer: 4th of July FanFic! 11 Adaptations Shahrukh Should Be In
More FanFic reruns from his birthday month! I am sure you will all have Thoughts in the comments about what I should have included and did not, along with what I included and shouldn’t have, and various other changes I should have made. And that’s fine, think of this as just a starting point!
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