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<blockquote data-quote="Buzz201" data-source="post: 446517" data-attributes="member: 143">I really enjoyed reading that, though as a Business student, your non-Harvard attempt at referencing offends me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />It's not a British show, but the big stand out example of this happening within a Western work to me was Hannibal (the recent US TV reboot of the Thomas Harris novels). Where Bryan Fuller was explicitly saying in interviews that people involved with the show were surprised at how well it had done with the female audience. I think some of that is down to casting choices, as there is a fair amount of slashfic, but I also think part of it is that silly sexist people didn't think women liked horror.The other thing I'd maybe note, and it's unfair to call you out on this because it's never been legally accessible to Western fandom, but Free! does have a bisexual or homosexual character within it. In the High Speed novel, from which the series is adapted and which has recently been adapted into an anime film itself, a character does pursue a homosexual relationship. I haven't seen or read High Speed, so I can't comment on how the relationship is handled, but it's not necessarily all in fan's heads.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buzz201, post: 446517, member: 143"] I really enjoyed reading that, though as a Business student, your non-Harvard attempt at referencing offends me :P It's not a British show, but the big stand out example of this happening within a Western work to me was Hannibal (the recent US TV reboot of the Thomas Harris novels). Where Bryan Fuller was explicitly saying in interviews that people involved with the show were surprised at how well it had done with the female audience. I think some of that is down to casting choices, as there is a fair amount of slashfic, but I also think part of it is that silly sexist people didn't think women liked horror. The other thing I'd maybe note, and it's unfair to call you out on this because it's never been legally accessible to Western fandom, but Free! does have a bisexual or homosexual character within it. In the High Speed novel, from which the series is adapted and which has recently been adapted into an anime film itself, a character does pursue a homosexual relationship. I haven't seen or read High Speed, so I can't comment on how the relationship is handled, but it's not necessarily all in fan's heads. [/QUOTE]

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