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I wonder how people would feel if they constantly got comments like "I had to grit my teeth to get past the McShep but otherwise great story" or "Obviously I skipped past the McShep parts because that pairing is just wrong, but great fic!" or "Rodney is such a terrible character because [list of reasons why Rodney McKay is a terrible character] and I hate him on the show but you almost made me like him here!"? Because people comment like that on fanwork that contains McKeller All. The. Time. All the fucking time.
(I just saw another one first thing this morning.)
Or how would they feel about fic requests at genrefinders phrased "since obviously Sheppard and McKay are both straight, the slash makes no sense and it's OOC so I'm looking for Rodney/Katie and John/Larrin."
You know what all this looks like to me? Like a discouraging tactic, to actively discourage people from including any hint of Keller or Rodney/Jennifer in their fanwork at all. Maybe that's not the intention, maybe it's just thoughtlessness, but that's how it's starting to come across to me.
Seriously, is it so terrible to have a bit of diversity in fandom? Is another pairing so threatening? I don't get it.
(I just saw another one first thing this morning.)
Or how would they feel about fic requests at genrefinders phrased "since obviously Sheppard and McKay are both straight, the slash makes no sense and it's OOC so I'm looking for Rodney/Katie and John/Larrin."
You know what all this looks like to me? Like a discouraging tactic, to actively discourage people from including any hint of Keller or Rodney/Jennifer in their fanwork at all. Maybe that's not the intention, maybe it's just thoughtlessness, but that's how it's starting to come across to me.
Seriously, is it so terrible to have a bit of diversity in fandom? Is another pairing so threatening? I don't get it.
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(I think it was meant as a compliment, but from someone either very young or completely without social experience. I think they meant to say "oh, you're such a magician you made me enjoy something I usually hate!"
Actually, I see this a lot with babyfic!writers -- "I can't stand babyfic but I'm actually enjoying this story." I know this because I'm reading said babyfic (!!) and actually enjoying it (!!!) and ALMOST said something similar in the comments, until I thought better of it.)
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Pretty much, though in this case I'm shipping both. The internal conflict, it's tearing me apart! *faints dramatically*
But yeah. We have here the case of a very dominant fanon slash OTP, where one of the guys recently got written into a canon het relationship. The wank was pre-programmed. But recognizing the pattern doesn't make it any less unpleasant.
(I think it was meant as a compliment, but from someone either very young or completely without social experience. I think they meant to say "oh, you're such a magician you made me enjoy something I usually hate!"
Oh, if it was just one person I wouldn't even have blinked. And I have no problem with people commenting like "I normally don't read x/y but you made me enjoy it." That I see as a compliment it was meant to be. But what we have here is dozens of people commenting with how the character ruined the show for them and how they hate the pairing so much but liked the fic nonetheless.
Actually, I see this a lot with babyfic!writers -- "I can't stand babyfic but I'm actually enjoying this story." I know this because I'm reading said babyfic (!!) and actually enjoying it (!!!) and ALMOST said something similar in the comments, until I thought better of it.)
Mm, yeah, I'm pretty sure I commented like this on babyfic myself once (but in my defense, that writer didn't usually write babyfic either from what I could tell). I think it's important how it's phrased, too... and maybe better still to stay away from commenting like this altogether. I'll certainly be more aware of it in the future.