[ SECRET POST #3195 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3195 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I ship CarmLaura but I find myself confused that the fans are so overwhelmingly obsessed with it, to the point of being frothy and aggressive about it/focusing on CarmLaura with such an intense focus. I've avoided the shipping parts of fandom recently (with very few exceptions) so I suppose I'm not used to being in such a ship-heavy fandom.

[(Anonymous)]

I think it's also specifically an f/f thing in the sense that like... I don't know, but my sense is that whether a ship is canon matters wayyyyyy more on the femslash side of fandom than in the slash side, and I think that one of the reasons Carmilla is so popular is that it was so immediately appealing to and for people like fandom, and so there's a very visceral / emotional response to it and people really feeling like there's something Special and Meaningful about the relationship between Carm & Laura

which isn't a bad thing to be clear

[chardmonster]

Yeah but it's INSANE. As in people saying the couple having trouble is ~problematic~ how dare a canon gay relationship not be all sunshine and rainbows

[(Anonymous)]

Oh sure the fandom's insane but like... I don't know, I think there are scales of bad, and I think it's coming from a place that's basically understandable, and it's hard for me to get super mad about it.

I don't know maybe that's weird.

[chardmonster]

Understandable isn't the same as healthy.

Demanding more queer media but then demanding that media be written in such a way that it's of lower quality isn't a good thing. You need conflict for a good story. You want your precious ship to be the center of the story? Okay. It's gonna need conflict.

I'm saying that as someone who thinks representation is vital and knows her life would have been much improved if there'd been more earlier.

[(Anonymous)]

Sure sure. I'm not saying it's a correct attitude or ultimately healthy. Just, I can understand it, and I'm not mad at it, especially since I'm not really trying to get down in the trenches and fight it out with anyone to start with. Ultimately it's because it does mean so much to people & I think that's neat even if it takes people to some dumb places.

[(Anonymous)]

Because we don't have much that isn't moe moe schoolgirls or oversexualized stuff for straight men that's uncomfortable to most lesbians

[(Anonymous)]

Like I say I'm not mad about it, & yeah there are certainly some pretty obvious guesses about why it happens the way it does

I'm just sayin'