If I'm to be blunt about the whole top/bottom thing, I gotta say I personally enjoy fics in which the whole issue isn't even adressed. Top, bottom...who the hell cares? But I must say that I rather go for fanfiction that actually doesn't completely ignore (and a lot of fic writers tend to do this) the fact that, at the end of the day, Beecher is straight and Keller...well, he's Keller. This particular element - the fact that Beecher is heterosexual and a NOT very well behaved prag - should matter to any fanfic writer, because I'm convinced it *matters* to Keller. I mean, why the hell does Keller go after Beecher in the first place, what drives him and makes him NOT perceive Beecher the way he apparently perceives other guys he's had sex with, the way he even perceives himself? This aspect of the relationship - the manner in which Keller sees Beecher within whatever it is they have - constitutes for me an important element that shouldn't be overlooked by fic writers just because Keller gives the impression he's "stronger" or more "aggressive". As it's easy to notice in the show, half the shit Keller says are lies and what he *shows* about himself is nothing more than a facade. Then again, one has to consider the fact that the whole of Em City knows what they're doing, and who's doing what to whom, right? And I don't see neither Keller nor Beecher happily playing the *prag-part*. I guess the best way to describe the relationship between Beecher and Keller is as a give-and-take partnership, just like a marriage. Of course there's gonna be frictions, there definitely ARE frictions, but it's only normal - there's too much bad shit between them and they're both a couple of *very* egotistical, self-centered and stubborn individuals. They're very much alike as they're different, and they deserve each other from this point of view.
And to answer your question Erin, there's way too much Keller-top-macho-"I'll take care of you baby, now roll over"/Beecher-bottom-"Oh, I love you sooo much, honey"-bullshit fanfic out there. And I definitely DO NOT see Toby doing Keller's laundry (who's laundry did he used to do?!...) while worrying about his girlish figure and looking good for his man... Keller wouldn't look twice at Beecher if the guy would simply roll on his belly like a puppy. That's the catch with both of them, if you ask me.
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But I must say that I rather go for fanfiction that actually doesn't completely ignore (and a lot of fic writers tend to do this) the fact that, at the end of the day, Beecher is straight and Keller...well, he's Keller. This particular element - the fact that Beecher is heterosexual and a NOT very well behaved prag - should matter to any fanfic writer, because I'm convinced it *matters* to Keller. I mean, why the hell does Keller go after Beecher in the first place, what drives him and makes him NOT perceive Beecher the way he apparently perceives other guys he's had sex with, the way he even perceives himself? This aspect of the relationship - the manner in which Keller sees Beecher within whatever it is they have - constitutes for me an important element that shouldn't be overlooked by fic writers just because Keller gives the impression he's "stronger" or more "aggressive". As it's easy to notice in the show, half the shit Keller says are lies and what he *shows* about himself is nothing more than a facade.
Then again, one has to consider the fact that the whole of Em City knows what they're doing, and who's doing what to whom, right? And I don't see neither Keller nor Beecher happily playing the *prag-part*.
I guess the best way to describe the relationship between Beecher and Keller is as a give-and-take partnership, just like a marriage. Of course there's gonna be frictions, there definitely ARE frictions, but it's only normal - there's too much bad shit between them and they're both a couple of *very* egotistical, self-centered and stubborn individuals. They're very much alike as they're different, and they deserve each other from this point of view.
And to answer your question Erin, there's way too much Keller-top-macho-"I'll take care of you baby, now roll over"/Beecher-bottom-"Oh, I love you sooo much, honey"-bullshit fanfic out there. And I definitely DO NOT see Toby doing Keller's laundry (who's laundry did he used to do?!...) while worrying about his girlish figure and looking good for his man...
Keller wouldn't look twice at Beecher if the guy would simply roll on his belly like a puppy. That's the catch with both of them, if you ask me.