YES! Incidentally, there was wresting on TV in the pub last night. I was openly laughing at the screen at their antics and a friend was frowning and saying she totally didn't get why anyone would watch this. She only saw the violent aspects of it and criticized that wrestling glorified violence. I'm pretty sure that would have been my opinion on it as well, before reading your fic.
I HATED HATED HATED wrestling for a very long time, because yes, I loathed how violent it was--and there's a lot I still don't like about it (there's a lot of taunting and fat-shaming and homophobia that makes me miserable to see). I like it a lot better writing it as a business, in some ways, with all those complexities of acting and performing...
And you're right, a theater AU would be awesome as well! There's actually a canon rock star Elseworld (Clark is a Paul McCartney-type, Bruce a gloomy Ozzy Osborne type) that I've thought about delving into and expanding too, and it would have a lot of the same appeal, I think...
no subject
I HATED HATED HATED wrestling for a very long time, because yes, I loathed how violent it was--and there's a lot I still don't like about it (there's a lot of taunting and fat-shaming and homophobia that makes me miserable to see). I like it a lot better writing it as a business, in some ways, with all those complexities of acting and performing...
And you're right, a theater AU would be awesome as well! There's actually a canon rock star Elseworld (Clark is a Paul McCartney-type, Bruce a gloomy Ozzy Osborne type) that I've thought about delving into and expanding too, and it would have a lot of the same appeal, I think...