No.463
>Favourite soldierboy?
The little orderly from Night of the Generals, the one that keeps seeming as if he'll be preyed on by general camp gay played by Peter O'Toole.
On that note, Lawrence of Arabia, both the original and O'Toole.
>Favourite war/period?
Difficult. I like WWII and Germany the best, part of it is the whole 'Losing boys can be brutalized and woobified', but I also like WWI and British aeroplanes for the whole 'young men throwing their lives away to be heroes' thing with extra aristocrat on top.
>Favourite soldier media?
Das Boot, the TV show. Depressingly low homo content, but the u-boat parts are superb. There's some good potential for shipping.
Inglorious Basterds is one of the more entertaining ones but not enough slash fodder for me, Donowitz is a cutie and I hope the Tarantino nonny finds more art of him.
>Anything you wish a media would do with solider boys?
Show them engaging in situational homosexuality, just as a side or background thing. Both the whole Sam and Frodo thing, but also just trysts on the side while they miss their GFs.
Also, I wish Adrian Brody had played a WWI ace at some point. He's got a cute face.
>Anything you want to see in fic specifically?
Fic for Das Boot where the captain of season 2 sort of survives and ends up dating the cute radio operator.
More stuff about pilots not done by fakebois.
No.464
>Favourite war/period?WWI or Vietnam, both are absolutely miserable wars. Trench warfare was brutal and Vietnam was a struggle with no clear purpose for most US soldiers not to mention the jungle leading to harsh guerilla combat. What I'm saying is angst galore
>Favourite soldier media?Apocalypse Now is my favorite war movie though not very shippy. Wings (1927) recently surprised me and I ship David/Jack. The Bridge on the River Kwai was really good too and sorely lacking in yaoi fanfics between Colonel Saito and Colonel Nicholson.
A few others war movies I like but don't have ships for are:
Dr. Strangelove
Gone with the Wind
The Wind Rises
La Grande Illusion
Full Metal Jacket
Paths of Glory
Pan's Labyrinth (Kinda counts)
>Anything you wish a media would do with solider boys?Put them in more planes! I love fighter pilots and aerial maneuvers especially when practically done.
No.600
>>495But consider the Brad/Nate eyefucking. Brad was down BAD.
No.673
>>495>>600Fujo bait off the charts, even if unintended. Everyone is hot, homoerotic jokes, etc. I'm surprised the show isn't more popular with the fandom crowd.
Although I do separate the book (real people) and the show (characters), I would still feel awkward posting content unless it was a registered-user-only account on AO3. I know some of the prototype guys are nosy as fuck and have googled themselves multiple times. I've been jumpscared by OG Ray on Reddit before and thank God every day I had zero yaoi posts on my main account. I don't want to die of cringe.
No.674
Was watching some old interviews with British WW1 vets, and one of them said that they were real chummy with POW Germans, but despite that, they would still steal stuff from them. The specific example was that the British guy was chatting with a POW about some city they both had seen, very friendly, and then the British guy just took the German's watch.
It was both funny and a little sad, but also the fujo goggles are welded tight, so now I need to learn to draw well enough to make a comic where some Tommy Atkins gives Fritz a chance to earn his stuff back.
No.675
>>673I'd never heard of this series before (apparently Susanna White directed Andor too???) and holy shit what good filmmaking. Or miniseries making, whatever. I found it… homosocial? I think is the word? The behavior behind prison gay and locker room antics. But I didn't really think it was too shippy, probably because I was too struck by the amount of bitter irony present even in 2008. Watching it after the withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan in 2021 really adds a layer.
anyways, sperging aside, have a pic
No.722
>Anything you want to see in fic specifically?
A yaoi version of Le Silence de la Mer would make me go insane.