I think that if there is a gayer one, then the 'straighter' one- like Jim, or Casey from SN- would seem to me to necessitate a high POV frequency. Because it would take more explanation to get them into bed with a guy. Of course I don't know if this actually follows in fanfiction.
Also, another thing I've seen a lot, in refernce to Blair and his high number of GoTWs, is the logic that if Blair- or Napoleon, to pick another "ladies man" type of character- is, because he picks up a lot of women, a very sexual person, and therefore more likely to be willing to experiment with guys. Or, to use another piece of logic, any guy that picks up so many women must do so because he's trying to cover/repress some homosexual tendencies. So, counterintuitively, a character's frequent, onscreen examples of heterosexuality becomes, in slash fandom, proof positive that the character is secretly gay/bi.
And as for characters who don't have any much of a love life in canon- like Fraser, or Illya- authors fill in the blanks- with secret, closeted affairs and longings.
And even if you have a steady, in canon girlfriend (like Wash/Zoe in Firefly)- or even if you are, if fact the het OTP of your show (like John/Aeryn in Farscape), someone's going to write you into an "occasional low pressure guy grope" kinda story.
So you can't win- the slashers will find some way to get you into bed with a guy. :)
It'd be interesting to make a study of the "gayification" techniques used in slash.
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Also, another thing I've seen a lot, in refernce to Blair and his high number of GoTWs, is the logic that if Blair- or Napoleon, to pick another "ladies man" type of character- is, because he picks up a lot of women, a very sexual person, and therefore more likely to be willing to experiment with guys. Or, to use another piece of logic, any guy that picks up so many women must do so because he's trying to cover/repress some homosexual tendencies. So, counterintuitively, a character's frequent, onscreen examples of heterosexuality becomes, in slash fandom, proof positive that the character is secretly gay/bi.
And as for characters who don't have any much of a love life in canon- like Fraser, or Illya- authors fill in the blanks- with secret, closeted affairs and longings.
And even if you have a steady, in canon girlfriend (like Wash/Zoe in Firefly)- or even if you are, if fact the het OTP of your show (like John/Aeryn in Farscape), someone's going to write you into an "occasional low pressure guy grope" kinda story.
So you can't win- the slashers will find some way to get you into bed with a guy. :)
It'd be interesting to make a study of the "gayification" techniques used in slash.