fandomsecrets | [ SECRET POST #488 ]

⌈ Secret Post #488 ⌋

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Okay, first-off, yes, people who have straight relationships can also have gay ones. But the thing is, with TV shows or books or any sort of creative media, you have characters who have straight relationships because that's how the author/creator is writing them. Unless the purpose of the project is a dissertation on the nature of percieved sexuality, or they start having gay relationships later on, odds are high that the character is actually straight.

Secondly, I don't care if people like yaoi/slash/bi/het/whatever. I really don't, ship what you want, have a blast. I just wish that the yaoi/slash wasn't so prevailent that I could actually find stuff in my fandoms that I wanted to read/look at/what have you without having to spend hours combing through pages of stories/pictures/etc. I'm just venting frustration, never claimed to be a saint.

Honestly, for many characters, it's probably more truthful to say that odds are high the author/creator never even considered the possibility the character could ever be attracted to someone of the same sex. Unless a character outright states his or her preferences (which few ever do), we really can't assume that only the romances that are explicitly stated are wholly indicative of the character's sexuality.

What it really comes down to, I suppose, is the classic argument of authorial intent, and whether or not such is relevant to an analysis of the text. And that's something we could talk circles on forever without getting anywhere.

As for your second point, though? Man, do I ever feel you. My current main fandom has a cast in which the men outnumber the women two to one, easy, and it's impossible to so much as turn your head without seeing slash plastered all over. It doesn't usually bother me, but sometimes it's frustrating as all hell. Thankfully, the het's not too rare (although finding stories I honestly enjoy for pairings I prefer can be... interesting, to say the least), but femslash? Let alone good femslash? All but nonexistent. (Granted, I've gotten more picky as I've gotten older, but still.)

I wholly agree with you on the author intent point. And even if we were able to come to an agreement on that point, intent alone is only a portion of the finished work; so much of a work's quality is determined by how the audience percieves it, which can't be controlled. Someone could write a book with the intention of saying one thing, but the readers could percieve something else entirely and nothing the author could do would change that. Sometimes it works to the benefit of the creators and adds more depth that wasn't intended, and sometimes it's a hinderance if it comes across as contradictory or offensive. So really, there are limitless ways that something could be interpreted. I guess I tend to lean on the side of what I believe the creator's intent was, since that's typically what I tend to see as making the most sense for the story/characters.

And yeah, it's tough being the odd one out in fandom, especially when you're not a very good writer or artist yourself. And yeah, especially when you're picky. ;)

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