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Sep. 29th, 2008 04:52 pmI try not to drama queen on lj, but screw it. It's not like a thousand other fangirls don't diva their way around town and don't become the biggest BNFs in BNFdom.
Actually, at the moment I'm finding myself so ridiculously fed up with the whole system we've set up in fandom that I'd rather be reading Russian novels with women who throw themselves under trains than hanging out here. Just so you know.
So here's my favorite unpopular fannish opinion: I don't care about slash. I have absolutely no opinion on it one way or another. There are tons of people who only read slash stories and there are tons of people who wouldn't read anything that even hinted at non-conventional same-sex relationships. I am in neither camp. I really and truly don't care. If I think a story is good* I'll read it and if I think it sucks I won't, the presence or non-presence of any pairing or pairings has little or nothing to do with that decision. So, yeah, I just don't care about pairings. I say pair whoever you want to your heart's content; it's your head and your heart and your character interpretation so more power to you. Or, hey, don't pair anyone at all, that's pretty awesome too.
Of course, fandom hypocrisy is pretty hilarious in this area. I just love how I've seen people out there say the equivalent of they can't read Sam/Ruby because it's rape but they love Dean/Spoilery New Character because it's rape. Make up your damn minds, please, or at the very least own your hypocrisy. To do otherwise makes you look like a moron.
I obviously have ceased caring whether the entirety of fandom thinks I'm a bitch. It's a strangely liberating sensation. Now if only I can learn to tell off the creepy guy who hangs around the mailbox I'll be golden.
* Footnote: My criteria for good fic is rather high. At the very least a fic needs basic elements like plot, coherent and consistent characterization, and decent pacing. You will not believe the number of fics I've found by good, popular authors that win the first two and lose tremendously on the last one. Let me give you a little hint, if you find yourself writing the same scene over and over again you need to sit down and think about where you want your story to go and what you want it to say. I won't say know where you're going when you start the story because every author works differently and I know I hate it when people try to tell me how to write, but writing a 60 part story that is the equivalent of 10 parts of actual plot/character development/meat interspersed with 50 parts of stagnation will cause me to personally send you a red pen. Which, in a way, is a compliment because obviously I think you've written a great story that deserves to be even more powerful.
Of course, you are absolutely free to think that I am a shitty author and have no place to criticize anyone's writing and we can agree to disagree on that opinion.
Actually, at the moment I'm finding myself so ridiculously fed up with the whole system we've set up in fandom that I'd rather be reading Russian novels with women who throw themselves under trains than hanging out here. Just so you know.
So here's my favorite unpopular fannish opinion: I don't care about slash. I have absolutely no opinion on it one way or another. There are tons of people who only read slash stories and there are tons of people who wouldn't read anything that even hinted at non-conventional same-sex relationships. I am in neither camp. I really and truly don't care. If I think a story is good* I'll read it and if I think it sucks I won't, the presence or non-presence of any pairing or pairings has little or nothing to do with that decision. So, yeah, I just don't care about pairings. I say pair whoever you want to your heart's content; it's your head and your heart and your character interpretation so more power to you. Or, hey, don't pair anyone at all, that's pretty awesome too.
Of course, fandom hypocrisy is pretty hilarious in this area. I just love how I've seen people out there say the equivalent of they can't read Sam/Ruby because it's rape but they love Dean/Spoilery New Character because it's rape. Make up your damn minds, please, or at the very least own your hypocrisy. To do otherwise makes you look like a moron.
I obviously have ceased caring whether the entirety of fandom thinks I'm a bitch. It's a strangely liberating sensation. Now if only I can learn to tell off the creepy guy who hangs around the mailbox I'll be golden.
* Footnote: My criteria for good fic is rather high. At the very least a fic needs basic elements like plot, coherent and consistent characterization, and decent pacing. You will not believe the number of fics I've found by good, popular authors that win the first two and lose tremendously on the last one. Let me give you a little hint, if you find yourself writing the same scene over and over again you need to sit down and think about where you want your story to go and what you want it to say. I won't say know where you're going when you start the story because every author works differently and I know I hate it when people try to tell me how to write, but writing a 60 part story that is the equivalent of 10 parts of actual plot/character development/meat interspersed with 50 parts of stagnation will cause me to personally send you a red pen. Which, in a way, is a compliment because obviously I think you've written a great story that deserves to be even more powerful.
Of course, you are absolutely free to think that I am a shitty author and have no place to criticize anyone's writing and we can agree to disagree on that opinion.
