[ SECRET POST #3393 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3393 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Back when I was a young slasher (about the time Pteranadon was taking to the skies) the accepted slash trope was We're Not Gay, We Just Love Each Other.

Over time, people started to think that maybe it was okay if the occasional slash character was maybe a little bit bisexual. Like, they hadn't actually touched another dude in a sexual way, but maybe they'd been at least theoretically attracted to at least some guys?

Now, it's not unusual to find slash pairings where one or both of the guys have had at least a little bit of prior experience with dudes.

But WNGWJLEO has never completely gone away, especially in some older-school fandoms. And for whatever reason, the Wincest part of Supernatural fandom has glommed hard onto the trope.

[(Anonymous)]

Yup, I have operated under "we're not gay" trope for the longest while and it seemed like a default option to make at least one character perfectly straight but being gay for this particular other character - oftenly with all the inner conflict and drama that could arise from it. Sounds pretty stupid when I think about it now, but I had to go through several fandoms that didn't have that trope to get rid of it.

ayrt

[(Anonymous)]

It was the default for slash fandom for a long time. I am bi, and I wrote WNGWJLEO because that's just how slash WAS back in the day. I didn't think to question it until I heard other queer slashers saying "you know, this whole insistence that all of these characters are straight sounds pretty damn skeevy to those of us who aren't."

[arcadiaego]

Yeah - it is good that you see bisexuality mentioned more now but that brings with it the prejudice from people who are still committed to WNNGWJLEO. Fandom tropes are hard to change.