[ SECRET POST #2732 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2732 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I read fanfic because I want to read stories about queer characters that aren't depressing and nihilistic. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[darkmanifest]

Same. I don't have to treat most slashfic like a potential minefield where, any second, one of the gay people is gonna get it in the worst way solely because gay.

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you! Slash fic is one of the only safe places in literature where being gay is normal, not made a big deal of, and everybody gets a happy ending and maybe even some nice porn at the end. And if they don't, it's warned for. I'd read more "normal" books if they had some relationships in them that I actually cared about. I get heteronormative romance crammed down my throat everywhere else, and books don't generally warn you what you're going to get in them. I'm tired of all the lgbt characters in any main-stream media being tragic figures that die at the end.

Beside the point, it's all stories. All we're arguing about here is "I don't like that the type of stories you read!" Read and let read, my friend.

[(Anonymous)]

+1

I've read a lot of queer lit, and it tends to fall into one of two categories: 1) literary and fucking depressing, or 2) fun but trashy. And in the latter case, why not just read fanfic? The quality's generally comparable.

There are exceptions, but for the most part, if I want a happy queer story, I'm more likely to find what I want in fanfic.

(In case anyone's interested, the short list of happy queer profic I've enjoyed:

Stir-Fry by Emma Donoghue
Maurice by E. M. Forster
Comfort & Joy by Jim Grimsley
The Fire's Stone by Tanya Huff
Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
An Arrow's Flight by Mark Merlis [YMMV on whether this counts as a happy story.]
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Points series by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett
Death by Silver by Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters)