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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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Yeah, I saw. I sat on my hands to keep me from commenting over there. Those kinds of offhanded comments are particularly annoying because any discussion is out of the question, whatever opinionated statement gets to stand as fact. I did post about it here (http://astridv.livejournal.com/136183.html), don't know if you saw.