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

[chainedwind.livejournal.com]

Er. I wouldn't want to chill with Vetinari either. Admire from a distance, perhaps.

I believe that fandom sexualizes its objects of admiration out of force of habit more than any inherent trait of said object. That has got to be the only explanation for the abundant blatantly OOC sexual idealizations out there.