Round Table and Holster Porn...

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

What is it about the holster that makes us squee a little?  Okay, a lot.  Here we are glorifying  peacekeeping on a global scale, and one of our favorite images is one or both of the guys wearing a white shirt and a shoulder holster.  What's wrong with us?  Or, what's right with this...

Comments

[orockthro.livejournal.com]

Hahha! It's just so delicious though!

We could meta about it and talk about how it exemplifies sleek violence. Dangerous men have always been a trope with a captive audience... but it's more than that, it's still a gentleman's version of violence. It's not brass knuckles and baseball bats, it's a polished piece of leather literally close to the chest. It's always there, sometimes hidden. Intimate.
I think it also hits on the competence porn side of things, too. A person has to be gun qualified, even (especially) in the fictitious land of UNCLE. Who doesn't like a character who is dangerous, driven, and skilled. The holster reminds us of all those things.
Also, it looks hot as hell. Black on white, perfectly tight... ;))
>__>

[alynwa.livejournal.com]

What she said. And if they're skilled in one thing, they're probably skilled in other things and we all have favorite skills we think the boys have. Wink, wink.

[orockthro.livejournal.com]

I think the hypocrisy is interesting too, how fiction allows us to explore things like this outside of bothersome reality. In real life, the presence of a firearm or a holster for a firearm is a super huge turn OFF for me. Even (maybe especially right now) on law enforcement agents. Doesn't matter how skilled the person is, I don't want anything to do with it or them. Actual dangerous men? No thanks. (Lol, well actual boys in general, no thanks)
But on the boys and on screen? Deeeeefinitely works. ;)

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

A gentleman's version of violence… another term I wouldn't have thought to use. All of this, very well stated. Thanks for a lot of insight on the subject.