Canvassing the Internet: Platonic Admiration

[tealin]

I know I was behind the door when hormones were handed out, but surely I am not the only one who finds it possible to respect and admire someone – or even just like a fictional character – without being sexually attracted to them. In high school the response to a statement of such admiration was usually full of conspiratorial innuendo, accompanied by a virtual 'wink wink nudge nudge.' I thought that when I joined the grownup world that mindset had been left behind, but I've encountered it a few times recently and it's got me wondering. Anyone out there know what I'm talking about? Opinions? Insights? Observations? Advice, even?

Comments

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Agreed: the Internet definitely encourages lusting after whatever. Fan communities tend to be founded and mostly populated by people who desperately want to get in bed with the object of the fannage, and if you don't, well, you're the only one. Hence my general avoidance of most fan communities on de web. Scary stuff, had enough of that already, thanks.

[floorlamps.livejournal.com]

YES. EXACTLY. When I try to explain to fandom people why I "left" fandom, it usually boils down to some version of this.