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I was going to post about the mpreg post at fanfic_hate, when Andromeda distracted me.
Mpreg, right.
When i first heard about mpreg, and - thanks to the BtVs fandoms tendency to do all sorts of bad things to Xander - it didn't take long, I was...confused.
Pregnant men? What had I gotten myself into? Were these so called fanfic writers crazy?
I read it, of course. Never judge anything if you don't know what it is about.
It was bad. I think Xander had twins by both Angel and Spike. Don't really need to say more, do I?

I read more mpreg. I am fascinated with mpreg. The idea itself isn't new, so the existence of mpreg shouldn't surprise anyone.
I like to see the characters deal with new situations, see how they react to the unexpected. It is one of the things that attracts me to slash - apart from the yummy, naked boys. *g* And what situation could be stranger, more unexpected than a pregnancy? What would a man do were he to become pregnant? There is no protocoll for this, there isn't even a "what if"-scenario in his head: it is simply something that he would never think possible.
And the reaction to this is what drives me to mpreg.

Of course I have never found a mpreg story like this. What I found were happy family stories that gave no explanation why and how the men could become pregnant at all. Yes, surprisingly, very few mpreg stories explain how the pregnancy is possible. And there are even fewer that give a good explanation.

Harry Potter has a good mpreg potential. Magic can explain many things. Stargate would also be alright: aliens could make it possible. Highlander on the other hand? Even forgetting the whole infertility issue, I just can't see it. Immortals are humans that can't die. Their physiology isn't different.
On the other hand, immortality? Demon? Duncan's body?
All things that shouldn't be able to exist. So why not add pregnant men?

I would love to read an mpreg fic with a good explanation, that tries to "realistically" show how a man would deal with a pregnancy. I don't really care about the physical side of things. (though that HL story where Methos had a child coming out of his ASS is something I can very well live without.)
How would he decide to keep the child? A male pregnancy would have to be dangerous, unless we are talking about Harry Potter. How would he react to the changes in his body? How would other people react?

I haven't found that story yet, but I'll keep searching.

I had hoped that there were "rec" in the fanfic_hate post, but so far there aren't any. Instead we get gems like this:L
but the general premise is the immaculate conception. I.E Blair is carrying the new baby jesus.

Why yes, there is a reason for the amount of posts on this Saturday morning: could it be that I'm supposed to work in my essay? Nah, I'd never post about fannísh things if I had work to do...