The Gay Bomb
I was reading through a bunch of stuff this morning so I honestly can't remember who originally linked to this. My apologies and I will credit you when/if I remember. It's now lunch and I finally have the chance to post, so of course my memory is toast.
Anyway, apparently the military had the bright idea of building a weapon to turn the enemy gay so that they would all be too busy having sex with each other to actually fight back. No, I'm not kidding.
Needless to say, the possibilities in fan fic are amazing. *g* (Just ignore the whole socio-political-dumbassery aspects of it.)
Because I could, here's a bit of a conversation between![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
johnnym77and myself regarding this (the random symbols instead of letters are from our wonderful firewalls here at work):
johnnym77: This is actually a fairly old story, although it’s been a plot in er*tica for ages. Until now, though, it’s just been rumor, but a widely-believed rumor considering the Neanderthals often in charge of the military.
Me: Still, the fact it was the Air Force and mentioned someone named Hammond (the original general on SG-1) gives me so many bad plot ideas. Poor, poor, Daniel when the experiment goes horribly wrong…
johnnym77: I have a feeling this plot device will factor into a LARGE number of sl@sh stories.
Me: Ooh, how about on Atlantis, where it accidentally goes off and no one notices?
johnnym77: You mean if a g@y bomb goes off and there’s no straight people around, does it make a sound?
Me: “Colonel, apparently some idiots in lab 2 just released a weapon prototype the Air Force had been working on back home.”
ETA 6/12/2007: The BBC has their own take on The Gay Bomb, along with a couple of other failed ideas.
Anyway, apparently the military had the bright idea of building a weapon to turn the enemy gay so that they would all be too busy having sex with each other to actually fight back. No, I'm not kidding.
Needless to say, the possibilities in fan fic are amazing. *g* (Just ignore the whole socio-political-dumbassery aspects of it.)
Because I could, here's a bit of a conversation between
johnnym77and myself regarding this (the random symbols instead of letters are from our wonderful firewalls here at work):johnnym77: This is actually a fairly old story, although it’s been a plot in er*tica for ages. Until now, though, it’s just been rumor, but a widely-believed rumor considering the Neanderthals often in charge of the military.Me: Still, the fact it was the Air Force and mentioned someone named Hammond (the original general on SG-1) gives me so many bad plot ideas. Poor, poor, Daniel when the experiment goes horribly wrong…
johnnym77: I have a feeling this plot device will factor into a LARGE number of sl@sh stories.Me: Ooh, how about on Atlantis, where it accidentally goes off and no one notices?
johnnym77: You mean if a g@y bomb goes off and there’s no straight people around, does it make a sound?Me: “Colonel, apparently some idiots in lab 2 just released a weapon prototype the Air Force had been working on back home.”
“How many people were injured?
“None. So far it looks like it doesn’t do anything though, did I mention that you look hot in that t-shirt?”
“Good, and yes, you did last night.”
ETA 6/12/2007: The BBC has their own take on The Gay Bomb, along with a couple of other failed ideas.