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fandomsecrets2012-12-10 06:48 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2012-12-10 06:48 pm
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⌈ Secret Post #2169 ⌋
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Now, to put it simply (and it's been told a thousand times before)... there are just so few LGBT characters in same-sex relationships in canon that shipping them in het pairings just makes me cringe. I've made a couple of gay characters of my own and the thought of someone else putting them in a straight relationship kind of makes me go "...Hmm. Please don't do that."
But I can't stop you from indulging in that. I tend to stay away from fanfiction in general and so I just skip over these kinds of things. And I keep my cool by doing so. However, I've learnt the hard way not to shame people out for indulging in a simple fantasy such as this, so if you think I'm going to judge you for that, I'm not.
It's just that the concept of a character who has been canonically shown or stated to only experience and express same sex attraction to be put into a heterosexual romance rubs me the wrong way. And it rubs me the wrong way because there's a plethora of stories about heterosexual romances that are already out there. Anon here explains this well, in my opinion.
So I just don't actively seek it out. And like what the comments before mine stated, it's more controversial to turn a gay or lesbian character (again, I mean canonically a gay or lesbian character) straight since there's that stigma taking away one of the few representations of social minorities in these stories. At least in my opinion.
...Then again, it also depends on the character, how it's written... so I won't totally be put off, at least in regards to original fiction. I mean, I can get that the character is just either experimenting, still testing the boundaries of their sexuality, or of course, they're really bisexual. I get it. Personally, I just know whatever gay character I create, it'll be that much harder for me to see in a straight relationship than any one of my straight characters in a gay one...