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turpsWell my plans to just sit and enjoy some quality time online have been soured after reading the posts in the latest anti slash kerfuffle.
I swear some people are nuts. Anti slash icons, do they really thing it'll make a difference? Also, does every person that bashes slash have to say that they know someone gay? It's like a condition of the anti slash rant along with 'I'm not homophobic but...'
We're writing about men or women having sex with someone of the same gender, that's all. There's no secret agenda to take over the world, we're not churning out coded stories designed to overthrow the het majority.
I write slash because I see it. I see subtext in all my fandoms. I also find the idea of two men together incredibly hot, others don't. So what? I'm not going to stuff what I think down their throats.
Fandom is a big place, there's room for everyone. Those that want het, gen, slash. People who are fans of Mary Sue's, darkfic, fluff, kink. You want a story about Jim and Carolyn, it's out there. You want Blair tying Jim up and making him call him Daddy it's out there too. There's millions of stories, no one needs to see things that they don't want to. So why the hell protest about something?
So you don't like slash. Don't read it, that's your right. But don't try and start a movement against it, because that's going too far.
I respect everyone's right to hold a view, even if it contradicts what I think. But if you start posting icons and rallying support, well it's at that point I'll turn, point and mock and remind myself yet again how stupid people in fandom can be.
I swear some people are nuts. Anti slash icons, do they really thing it'll make a difference? Also, does every person that bashes slash have to say that they know someone gay? It's like a condition of the anti slash rant along with 'I'm not homophobic but...'
We're writing about men or women having sex with someone of the same gender, that's all. There's no secret agenda to take over the world, we're not churning out coded stories designed to overthrow the het majority.
I write slash because I see it. I see subtext in all my fandoms. I also find the idea of two men together incredibly hot, others don't. So what? I'm not going to stuff what I think down their throats.
Fandom is a big place, there's room for everyone. Those that want het, gen, slash. People who are fans of Mary Sue's, darkfic, fluff, kink. You want a story about Jim and Carolyn, it's out there. You want Blair tying Jim up and making him call him Daddy it's out there too. There's millions of stories, no one needs to see things that they don't want to. So why the hell protest about something?
So you don't like slash. Don't read it, that's your right. But don't try and start a movement against it, because that's going too far.
I respect everyone's right to hold a view, even if it contradicts what I think. But if you start posting icons and rallying support, well it's at that point I'll turn, point and mock and remind myself yet again how stupid people in fandom can be.
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Date: 2003-09-02 07:31 am (UTC)I don't understand people who read things just so they can complain, either.
My husband does not like my fascination with two men having sex. He does not stop me, or get too vocal in his complaints though, because the idea of two women getting it on makes him hot.
And yeah, hypocritical. I have gay friends, but I don't want to read about 'them' getting it on.
That's what it really is. They 'know' them, but they don't want to.
Overly simplistic, but my feelings on the subject.
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Date: 2003-09-09 06:37 am (UTC)I don't understand people who read things just so they can complain, either.
It annoys me when they do that. I really think there's a delete key, so use it. The vast majority of slash sites have warnings so there's no need to enter if you know you won't like what you read.
My husband does not like my fascination with two men having sex. He does not stop me, or get too vocal in his complaints though, because the idea of two women getting it on makes him hot.
Snap. James doesn't understand but he'd never stop me doing what I'm doing. He's supportive of my right to write/enjoy slash and that's enough for me. I don't want him reading what I write, nor would I want him to! I think most men get hot at the thoughts of lesbian action.
And yeah, hypocritical. I have gay friends, but I don't want to read about 'them' getting it on.
That's what it really is. They 'know' them, but they don't want to.
Totally hypocritical, and the reason why I hate that saying so much in an argument about slash.