[ SECRET POST #3537 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3537 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Art by: http://slashpalooza.tumblr.com/post/149564769513/thank-you-for-all-the-comments-havent-had-time]


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[Twin Peaks]


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[Stephen King, BTK murderer and The Good Marriage]


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06. [WARNING for pedophilia, incest]

(Rick and Morty)


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07. [WARNING for rl death]


















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Comments

[kaijinscendre]

It sucks getting into a fandom when you just want to read gen fic but everything is shipping. I feel your pain.

[(Anonymous)]

I always see women complain about this, but I feel like women are the problem here. The only fandoms I've been in where there were decent amounts of gen fic were very male-dominated.

[kaijinscendre]

Okay?

[kallanda_lee]

An entire gender is not a monolith- I'll guess the women complaining are not the ones who ship.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, but they also aren't writing any fic. That's why I like fandoms that at least have SOME male writers. It usually means I'll get some sort of gen.

[kallanda_lee]

tbh there is gen everywhere, it just gets very little love, and I think that's part of why it's written less.

[(Anonymous)]

Eh, I disagree. I'm in some fandoms that are fairly popular with dudes, and if I wrote gen fic, I would probably get a good amount of reviews. If you're in a fandom that's dominated with women, most women prefer shipping fic over gen fic, so it makes sense why women would shy away from writing gen fic in those fandoms.

I know people like to be gender neutral about this type of thing, but there are usually different fandom trends with men and women in general.

[kallanda_lee]

I think it differs. My experience in male dominated fandoms tended to be almost no fic at all (but interesting meta).

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I guess it does depend on the fandom. I also feel like I was being sort of unfair with what I was saying. I think women are definitely capable of writing good gen, but I think they feel discouraged sometimes without at least a decent sized male audience (the people most likely to read gen). In one of my fandoms that has a decent number of both male and female participants, the easily most popular fic with over 4000 favorites is gen written by a women. The second most popular fic is gen written by a man, but it doesn't have nearly as many favorites. The woman with the most popular fic relies on both a male and female audience to leave her lengthy reviews and give her favorites. It's very encouraging.

Now a woman who writes a long romantic slow burn fic for a female dominated fandom is probably going to have mainly female readers. She doesn't rely on a male audience at all. I can understand why she wouldn't bother with gen in that fandom unless it was some sort of oneshot.

I think it's sort of unfortunate. I definitely think gen writers should be encouraged more in female-dominated fandoms where gen tends to be more rare.

[(Anonymous)]

I think u mean straight women.

[(Anonymous)]

Lesbians Love Genfic?

[(Anonymous)]

No, I meant women in general.