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[astridv]

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.

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[argosy.livejournal.com]

Especially when it comes towards bashing of whole episodes because of the 10 sec Rodney with Jennifer in it.

*snort* I've seen Jennifer bashing in reviews of episodes she wasn't in at all. Which there were quite a few this season.

Oh god, yes. The "I didn't even let the one scene of Keller ruin the episode for me" reviews. Aaaagh. *sporks eyes out*

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Oh god, yes. The "I didn't even let the one scene of Keller ruin the episode for me" reviews. Aaaagh. *sporks eyes out*

Ah, yes. That one stands out as the moment I actually considered defriending the sga_noticeboard. But when I refreshed my flist a little while later, that line was actually gone. I wonder whether someone said something to the poster. Like, Dude, why are you including this completely unnecessary line that does nothing except reinforce the assertion that everyone hates the character?

Gnrrrrllteethgnash they annoy me sooooo...

[iolandasblog.livejournal.com]

You have no idea how good this discussion does.

I felt quite alone with my opinion before. Thank you :)