[ SECRET POST #3517 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3517 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I've been in fandom for 10+ years and I've never known mpreg or incest to not be popular. It's always been popular in one fandom or another, and it's still not popular in ALL of them. I haven't really noticed a change.

And I get your point and I think it's true to a degree, esp so for new writers or people new to fandom. But people have been writing the same formulaic het romance novels (and fic!) for decades and it's not because people are afraid to experiment, it's because that's what has mass appeal and readers like to read. I see slash as basically the same thing as that, only with gay characters instead of hetero ones: people wanting to read about dramatic, larger than life characters that magically turn out to be soulmates and perfect for each other.

I don't know, I guess I don't think "reality" applies at all, whether it's from the pro-rigid roles side OR the pro-switching side. Somebody's genitals being the magical perfect match for someone else's genitals and they live happily ever after forever and ever is kind of the Thing.

[(Anonymous)]

In a way though the mass market formula romance are kind of the perfect example though. The publishers stick to what they know the most people like, except if something new gets popular then you kind of have a trend, like the supernatural romance getting popular. The writers probably would enjoy doing other stuff, but they need to do what the publishers will sell.

It's not as strict with fandom, but writers write what they think people will like and the trends are interesting. So it is interesting to me what fandoms become huge with a kink like mpreg, and which have next to none.

Sadly most attempts to discuss trends kind of turn out nuts because everyone has their pet theory and it's hard to get hard facts. I mean even the insistence that yaoi fangirls are mostly straight, when most of the ones I've known have been bi or gay, and honestly all the straight girls I know are 100% het no yaoi fans.

[(Anonymous)]

Most of the yaoi fangirls I've known were bi or gay also, so you're not alone in experiencing that.

But you're right, everyone does have a theory but I think they're fun to discuss anyway. It's a little funny, all the guys I know who have read or do read slash are either into it the same way women are into harlequins, or view it with distaste because it's "not realistic" (a lot of the time with a dash of "those women don't know what they're doing" which makes me cringe)... which is more or less way most women I know either enjoy romance novels shamelessly or view them with the exact same kind of distaste too.