Reactionary Fantasy: Difference between revisions

* This is also an aspect of ''[[CSI]],'' which, as [http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/articles/category_1233.html Television Without Pity] shows us, proves that any unwed man or woman who consents to and enjoys having sex (especially if the sex is in any way [[Good People Have Good Sex|not "normal"]]: obese people, furries, swingers, etc.) will [[Death by Sex|almost certainly die]], while rapists and rape victims often live to tell the tale.

** This sort of parses in the "fantasy" aspect of "reactionary fantasy". All this stuff we're supposed to hate and be disgusted by is often done in lurid, creepy, obsessive detail. This allows the viewing audience a double-edged thrill: they can be horrified and morally offended that it happened, and also get the kinky zing of all the descriptions of nubile teenagers tied up in leather and violated. You can see these sort of things in a lot of old "pulp lesbian novel" covers.

* And Dr. [[House (TV series)|House]]. If sex doesn't kill you, you'll survive to have death-sentenced children. Gregory House is somehow needed to keep a decent reproductive rate on Earth.

** ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' has gone both ways (though not, [[Ho Yay|regrettably]], [[Incredibly Lame Pun|with Wilson]]). Cameron gets high on crystal meth taken from a patient and jumps Chase, leading to a relationship which escalates to a wedding in the Season 5 finale. House and Stacy {{spoiler|have adulterous sex}} before House decides that restarting their relationship would be a bad idea. Thirteen's various escapades are a consequence of her discovery that she has Huntington's chorea, but she doesn't catch anything from them. Well, nothing worse than {{spoiler|an incidental fungal infection which gives her cracked lips and}} helps House [[Eureka Moment|solve a case]]. "Another life saved by girl-on-girl action!"

* It has been noted that ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'', while looking like (and cited above) as one of the archetypal examples, may in fact be a ''subversion''. Tony arguably freed Jeannie upon being rescued in the first episode—only to have Jeannie choose to follow him home anyway. Thus she stays with Tony because she ''wants'' to, not because she is bound to him in any way, and her "servitude" and "obedience" are an act on her part. This explains rather neatly why and how she manages to get around his orders so frequently and thoroughly...

** The fact that she voluntarily follows him home is why it's a Reactionary Fantasy. Tony doesn't have to exert any effort to subdue Jeannie because she's ''happy'' to be his servant, no force or convincing needed.

 

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