[ SECRET POST #2119 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2119 ⌋

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

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Comments

[ninety6tears]

It depends on how much I care about the canon het, but I totally get this. I would rather they just not mention the other relationship somehow, but if they're going to have a break-up I often hate the convenient mutual drifting-apart (complete with supportive "I always knew you were meant to be with someone else" mush) as much as I hate the pointless demonizing (like suddenly having the woman act all terrible and OOC), like there's something wrong with making the break-up actually hurt. But yeah, you can bet I have double standards and don't give as much of a crap when the established canon pairing feels poorly developed to me.

[(Anonymous)]

Because people never act like assholes when someone breaks up with them, right? There are countless cases of both men and women turning into asshats after a breakup, so i don't see whats wrong with someone acting this way in a fanfiction, at least as long it's not someone known for trashinbg women in their fics for apparantly no reason at all. Someone breaks up with them? Counts as reason for me.

[caecilia]

I think you can have a character act realistically assholish without going into character-bashing territory, though.

[maverickz3r0]

You can try, but sometimes you'll run afoul of the people who think that portraying the character negatively in any way at all is bashing. Happened to me once.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, this is true.

[caecilia]

Ah well, you'll never be able to please everyone.

[(Anonymous)]

It stops being realistic when that's the default reaction for the woman that's in the way of slash. Not every single character would/should react like that, and it emphasises the fact that the writer's just getting her out of the way in as hurtful a way as possible so that male character A can find solace in male character B's dick.

[(Anonymous)]

The problem here, though, isn't that the character acts like an asshole after the break-up; it's that the character randomly starts acting like an asshole and that's what causes the break-up.

[intrigueing]

lol, I am such a horrible one for double standards. I will bitch about how bad it is to demonize love interests for no reason, but then I'll totally go secretly read horribly OOC fics where Kennedy's an abusive rapist bitch who the Scoobies triumphantly kick out and beat up and threaten. I mean, I'll rationalize it because I don't take those fics seriously or think they're right, and I'd enjoy it happening to Kennedy even if Tara doesn't come back to life and get with Willow, but still, I'm such a hypocrite. :D

[(Anonymous)]

Hahaha it's funny you should mention Kennedy, because she's one of the very very few characters I will read character-bashing fic for. But I always feel like such a hypocrite for it.