Magical Neon Sexuality

Kevin is a longе_time Internet Chum, and I have collected most of his books. His writing is fun and hilarious on the surface level but also works on deeper levels (metaphorical, metaphysical, metallurgical, etc.) without being opaque or obtuse or obsequious. So you get awesome stories mostly about famous people having sexyе_funе_times with regular people but also about universal questions like: What does it mean to be a celebrity? What are famous people really like? How awesome would it be to have sex with someone famous? Why aren‰ЫЄt I famous too? Why won‰ЫЄt someone famous ever fall in love with me? Big questions.

My favourite story was ‰ЫПThe Reverse Fanfic‰Ыќ because it‰ЫЄs both a fantasy and a reversal that illustrates just how fucking crazy we are, we who adore these spectacular gods who are actually just plain old human beings, as hard as it is to believe. We love these people without knowing them in the slightest, without knowing what they look like without the makeup and the lighting and the touchе_ups, without ever having a conversation with them. How insane is that? What kind of love is that? This story turns that ridiculousness on the reader but still embraces the obsessiveness. And it‰ЫЄs about writing fanfiction, which is one of my favourite things about the internet.

One of the things I loved about these stories is that gender is mostly absent in the nonе_-famous characters. Which means that you can take these stories vicariously regardless of your personal sexual preferences! And it also reflects, I think, to a degree, the peculiar sexual-е_butе_-not feelings people have about celebrities. (Or maybe that‰ЫЄs just me.) It‰ЫЄs not necessarily that you are so interested in their genitalia or doing sexе_-type things with/to them; you kind of just want to be them and/or be the kind of person they would want to be with. Or maybe you just want to pet them, keep them in your pocket, sleep with them under your pillow. They are a fantasy partner that you want some kind of ownership of but do not want an actual relationship with. But then again, maybe it just means that sexual preferences can beat it when it comes to famous people because they are just that hot.

These are great stories if you are in any way, shape, or form part of or interested in fandoms and celebrity culture, sincerely or ironically, because they will make you giggle your face off and also think about celebrities and yourself in ways you may never have before.