The Atlantic: "The Strange World of Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan Fan Fiction"

[Bucky]

[font color="#008000"]Don't say "slash"! Oh, please merciful God in heaven, don't let them say "slash"!![/font]


http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/08/strange-world-mitt-romney-paul-ryan-fan-fiction/56038/

[font size="4"]The Strange World of Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan Fan Fiction[/font]

The union of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan has brought us many wonderful things ranging from fashion editors waxing about their sartorial choices to the wonky Medicare debate, but this beautiful relationship has also spawned something far weirder: erotic fan fiction.

It makes sense that Romney and Ryan would be drafted into the sweaty imaginations of fan fiction writers, especially since the genre is having a moment. There's Fifty Shades of Grey climbing out of the self-published world and into the history books, of course, while legions of randy fans write Harry Potter into sexually-charged situations, and (on what seems like a daily basis) fanboys and girls prove that the boys of Supernatural aren't safe from a bit of literary naughtiness. Even Ryan Lochte ad Michael Phelps have been drafted, as Jezebel's Erin Gloria Ryan recently revealed.

With Romney and Ryan so ubiquitous, it's not exactly a surprise that authors would write them into imaginary compromising situations. And we know what you're thinking--how exactly does this fit into the race to become President and Vice President of the United States? Well, it's not like journalists aren't seriously discussing Ryan's P90x workout routine or his ill-fitting suits, reframing this wonkiest of wonks into, well, a sex symbol. Whether they know it or not, these legitimate writers are dabbling in the same kind of fetishizing obsession as fan fiction creators.

So let's have at it (Warning: You will not be able to unsee and unread the things you are about to see/read, so consider this the point of no return): Yes, some of it is raunchy and there's some mention of dressage isn't off limits:

Obama's campaign has already said they won't make fun of the Romney family's funny horse sport. Bailey Marie, author of erotic hits like Daddy Takes the Babysitter: The Ride Home and Caught and Punished 2: The Constable did not make that promise and has released the 11-page Dressage: A Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan Presidential Slash Fic. No, I didn't fork over the 99-cents to buy the book on Amazon (I don't have a Kindle), but blogger Grady Hendrix did, and excerpted the best parts:

Yeh, you're gonna have to follow the links from here, cats. I've got to go bleach my eyes.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/08/strange-world-mitt-romney-paul-ryan-fan-fiction/56038/

[Jackpine Radical]

1. I couldn't make it past the reference to Lyin Ryan as the wonkiest of wonks.

It also didn't help that I had no clue to most of the cultural references.

[Warpy]

2. Fanfic in general is intensely weird stuff

even when the writer has enough upstairs to be able to cope with spelling and grammar so it's legible.

Some of it is unintentionally hilarious, some is intentionally hilarious, and all of it is bizarre.

[hifiguy]

3. Yup. Very true.

It's a pretty spooky world, Dobe.

[Care Acutely]

4. I'm going to heed the warning of the kitty

and not go there.

[Glimmer of Hope]

5. Yep. Don't even go there.

[arikara]

6. Not going beyond the rest of the article...

but (aside from the pictures) lol!

‘Screw me like we’ll screw the poor,’ Mitt called out ...

&

Mitt, now panicking over the news he just recieved, turns to Paul and says, "I was homeschooled by Godfearing Christians. I never learned that stuff, or the ethical treatment of animals in cars." "So are we going to keep it or what. You've pretty much gotten rid of any options." says Paul, or Paulette as the thickened plot now reveals.

[AnnieBW]

7. Need.... Brain... Bleach...

Ironically, all of the slash fans I know are die-hard Dems.