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fandomsecrets2010-05-02 05:14 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2010-05-02 05:14 pm
[ SECRET POST #1216 ]
⌈ Secret Post #1216 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 15 pages, 351 secrets from Secret Submission Post #174.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 1 2 3 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 3 4 5 - too big ], [ 1 - repeat ], [ 1 2 - empty comments ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
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Yes, if said media is mostly heteronormative, its likely the character is straight. But, despite what people like to think, sexuality doesn't necessarily fit nicely into little boxes. Fandom is allowed to have their fun. Yes, shipping slash for the sake of shipping slash is pointless. That doesn't mean slash is less valid than het, or whatever else you'd like to ship.
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But what you're doing isn't any better, or at least your method of saying it could be vastly improved. An undefined character is just that; it is equally valid to assume they are not heterosexual as it is to assume that they are. That validity isn't affected by how prevalent it is in fandom.
And if you look at the range of possible sexualities the character could be, complete heterosexuality is one small possibility on a whole spectrum. There's a logic that follows that complete heterosexuality should be outnumbered. True, much of media is heteronormative, upping the odds of that outcome significantly, but it doesn't make it definitive while the character is still undefined.
Which is kind of the problem with the secret itself. It's assuming slash is a fetish and therefore isn't as valid as het. Slash itself is no more exploitative than any other form of shipping.
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