[ SECRET POST #4531 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4531 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Acknowledgment of Shipping

[tabaqui]

It was a little over the top, sure. But most people have no idea what conventions are like, or what goes on at them, so playing up stereotypes is pretty par for the course. And if you watch con vids and whatnot, well...a lot of it's not far off.

It was good that they had an out, happy, gay couple, even though people got all twisted about Dean being taken aback...by a couple playing him and his brother and being a *couple*. I don't think that's being 'homophobic' in the least, but you can't please everyone.

Re: Acknowledgment of Shipping

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I've been going to cons for more than 20 years now and there's a huge amount of truth to a lot of the stereotypes about people in fandom being awkward nerds with no social skills. Obviously not everyone is like that, but enough people are that it's not like they're pulling something out of thin air.

Re: Acknowledgment of Shipping

[tabaqui]

Exactly.

Re: Acknowledgment of Shipping

[(Anonymous)]

It's not always even a case of no social skills so much as it's a case of fandom-specific social skills that are largely based on memes and in-jokes and come off as super-awkward to people who aren't in fandom. And sure, a lot of us know how to switch social skill sets where appropriate, but a whole hell of a lot of us do not and/or have widely differing ideas of where the social boundary line is. Honestly, a lot of the backlash against things like the SPN fandom episode reads as embarrassment at being caught out. It's like SPN fandom's mom found their AO3 profile and lashed out about how awful mom is and also AO3 isn't meant for people her age anyway.

Re: Acknowledgment of Shipping

[(Anonymous)]

I agree but again, I still think there's a difference between portraying it sympathetically and portraying it like a freak show.