Techslash and a new fandom

Two weeks ago I was in the middle of reading a very angsty NaruSasu fic (<sarcasm>and I just love angst</sarcasm>) when my boyfriend said there were new Get a Mac ads that we hadn't seen yet, three of them, actually. Great, I needed a bit of fun because there's so much angst I can take. And while I was watching I sudden thought came to me: are there any yaoi fanfics with Mac and PC? :P I thought this was so farfetched. I had never thought of that pairing before. xD But I searched for them anyway.

And oh my god, I'm caught up in a whole new fandom. :D Techslash! Mac <3 PC =^-^=

The thing is, I don't pair up real people; it's just plain weird to me and I think it would be embarrassing to the people in question. I prefer anime/manga characters that don't have a "real" human body (Sirius and Remus from Harry Potter are manga like in my head o_O). But Mac and PC are represented by two real people, actor Justin Long and author/humorist John Hodgman, so it was a bit of a challenge.

Then I discovered someone who has become my most recent favourite person. :D Jack is my favourite author of this fandom and also a brilliant artist. His deviantArt gallery has many drawings and illustrations of this couple and he is caffeine.bloodstream on fanfiction.net (gee, I sound a bit like a stalker. :s I read almost everything I could find on the internets (xD) about him because he is so awesome, and also captivating :) you have a fan here ^^). But you can find a lot more stuff on the livejournal community mac_hearts_pc; I've actually finished reading the whole journal 2 days ago. :P
So, what I was getting at with all this is that now Jack's characters have replaced my mental picture of Mac and PC in my head.

Another thing I'd like to mention is that when we are dealing with real people, slash is always controversial. But if Long and Hodgman get squirmy about this, then I have to say: don't. Because we, the fans, are not slashing you. We're slashing two anthropomorphic computers. And I suppose you agree that you are not computers. :)

My personal belief is that they are not really worried. Sure, Hodgman said at a book signing that he was aware of the fandom and he hated the person who had just reminded him of it. But apparently he was also blushing and he is known for his deadpan humour. And Justin Long, well, he actually said he has a mancrush on Hodgman. He also said that "[John Hodgman] has great skin, he is very supple, very tender and he's good with his hands." wow o.O AND in a magazine "[Hodgman] is so charming, I want to cradle him and give him gentle kisses.” I rest my case. :P

So no, I'm not worried about slashing computers.
(and by slashing them I don't mean cutting them in half with a sword! but you probably know that already, otherwise google it)

I have in fact become a bit of a John Hodgman fan myself. =._.= He's probably one of the very few humans that I've become a fan of. And he's a genius. If I were a man, I would have a serious borderline mancrush on him. Seriously. :P

Now that I think of it, if I were a guy, I would have mancrushes on several people/characters, like John Stewart and CSI Grissom (yeah, I mean it xD) But I'm a girl and it's weird to have crushes like that. I like being a girl, though. :)

Wow, I feel better now. I've been wanting to get this out of my system for two weeks. :D I'm happy. And I've babbled enough for now. Mata ne!