Strange Bedfellows (APA)/Issue 013

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Strange Bedfellows 13 was published in May 1996 and contains about 82 pages. 
There were 32 members sharing 22 subscriptions. 
 
==From the OE==
==Some Topics Discussed in "Strange Tongues" ==
* Lois and Clark
* Due South, includes a LONG character analysis of both Benton Fraser and Ray Vecchio
* tongue-in-cheek remarks about Fraser/Diefenbaker fiction
* comments on War of the Worlds and a story this fan has written
* being disappointed in the recent canon installment of From Eroica with Love, and how the head canon and fannish world of a fandom often doesn't measure up to its canon
* comments on Forever Knight, LaCroix and power, fannish interest and analysis of the relationship between LaCroix and Nick Knight
* episodic television, tension, and expectations
* Nero Wolfe character/s analysis
* why so many homoerotic pro vampire novels?
* X-Files, Mulder, and what makes him tick sexually
* writing slash allows fans to play sexually with each other
* this fan is working on a Eroica/Patalliro! story
* crossovers and why they do and don't work
* marriage as a metaphor or enactment of slash partners' commitment, is this desirable, probable? should marriage be replaced with something more tailored to slash proper is to emphasize the job partnership
* comments on the zines, Chains of Being and Pure Maple Syrup 
===Excerpts from "Strange Tongues"===
==Some Topics Discussed in "Cat's Darkling Zone" ==
* The A-Team
* figure skating
* The Hat Squad
* From Eroica with Love
* "The current trend in homosexual vampires: vampires are traditionally ambiguous people. How would you call creatures menstruating in reverse?"
* "I prefer a angst-filed stories with self-doubts and guilt trips, but that is my personal preference."
===Excerpts from "Cat's Darkling Zone"===
==Some Topics Discussed in "Twinbear" ==
===Excerpts from "Twin Bear"===
==Some Topics Discussed in "Mardi Gras Favors" ==
* mainstream romance books by Gayle F
* testing to see if fanfic writers' names would "pop up on the Net browser"
* the con, Con-Troll
===Excerpts from "Mardi Gras Favors"===
==Some Topics Discussed in "The Magic May Return" ==
* much about From Eroica with Love and the differences in the Japanese and American fandoms
* being a Star Trek: TNG fan
* "The wonders of fanfic, and all the energy it releases. It's like suddenly being able to manufacture your own heroin."
* Babylon 5
===Excerpts from "The Magic May Return"===
==Some Topics Discussed in "Desert Blooms" ==
* songs on the radio
* feeling slash ennui
* Forever Knight, Due South, Deep Space Nine, Highlander
===Excerpts from "Desert Blooms"===
==Some Topics Discussed in "Thoughts of Love and Thoughts of Power" ==
===Excerpts from "Thoughts of Love and Thoughts of Power"===
==Some Topics Discussed in "Untitled by M G" ==
===Excerpts from "Untitled by M G"===
==Some Topics Discussed in "Beheaded and Lobotomized" ==
* Babylon 5, Forever Knight
* Starsky & Hutch on the screen has not aged well
* how is is possible to be a fan of a show one's never seen
* "the nets" and "netter" are used, both terms about the "internet"
* Tainted Love as a horror story
===Excerpts from "Beheaded and Lobotomized"===
==Some Topics Discussed in "Untitled by N F-G" ==
* Scully's clothing, and how "professional female" outfits hindered movement and dignity, and this was insulting
* comments about The Incredible Hulk
* "Drum roll here as I announce the slash couple of all (bibical time: Daniel and King Nebuchadnezzar.)"
* comments on the Star Trek: TNG character, Geordi La Forge, see that page
* comments about what appears to be The Zine-Taping Service for Blind and Print Handicapped Readers
* the rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5 list
===Excerpts from ""Untitled by N F-G""===
==Some Topics Discussed in "When Correctly Viewed" ==
* discussion and description of Japanese narrative paintings of the 15th-17th centuries that show animals imitating human beings 
* is darkfic (reading and writing it) bad for people?
* lack of strong female characters in fan fiction
* Niccolo vs. Lymon
* From Eroica with Love, the new canon, Western fans and lack of access to full translations
* differences between men and women and their approach to fiction
* more on Nero Wolfe and his relationships
* slash as Mary Sue
* slash and other intimacies between Blake's 7 characters
* Due South fic is on the rise
* a reprint of the article, The Boob Tube, and Then Some
===Excerpts from "When Correctly Viewed"===
==Some Topics Discussed in "To Be Announced by T H" ==
* planning a trip from the UK to Alberta, Canada as she is a big Due South fan
* "That bolt of lightning effect [of a new fandom love] is quite something when it hits. I'd never been hit with it before but I've a new understanding of why some fans go so overboard for."
* Babylon 5
* using smutty innuendos at rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5
* figure skating
* Morse/Lewis
* writing in a fandom one isn't familiar with
===Excerpts from "To Be Announced by T H"===
==References==
Category:Slash Zines