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fandomsecrets2013-03-31 03:11 pm
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(Anonymous) 2013-03-31 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)I didn't just mean Wincest shippers, though yeah, I do see more of this sort of thing from them than I do for other fan groups. Then again, the majority of fandom ships either Dean/Cas or Sam/Dean, so. FTR, I am myself a multishipper who prefers Sam/Dean most of all.
I think the crazy misogynistic aspect is pretty equally handled by all the different shipping factions, unfortunately. I've seen Sam/Dean shippers who absolutely loathed Ruby (and not because she was doing very bad things but because she got in the way of Sam/Dean), D/C shippers who loathed Meg (though thankfully not as many of these? Maybe because Meg had a lot of people very protective over her), shippers from both camps hate on Lisa, - name a female character who has shown a romantic interest in Sam, Dean, or Cas and I can show you a female character who has been unfairly bashed by fandom.
The ship war is fueled by both sides, but as someone who is primarily a Wincest shipper, yeah. My Tumblr is almost all D/C (which gets irritating) because the D/C fans I follow are pretty ship friendly to all ships, post good Sam stuff, and good Dean stuff amidst the D/C stuff that does nothing for me while many of the Sam/Dean shippers I've tried to follow always slip bashing stuff in there at some point. It sucks because I love Sam/Dean and want a whole bunch more of it, but it's not that popular on Tumblr to begin with and then it's like walking through a minefield about whether a person you've followed will randomly start spouting off about how much she hates a certain angel or how ~delusional~ fans of certain other pairings are or whatever and whatever. I just don't have the time or the energy to deal with ship bashing anymore, even if it's not a ship I ship.
I agree with everything you've said here, but especially that last paragraph. No one is homophobic for not shipping a fanon slash ship. They're not even homophobic if they see no canon subtext for a fanon slash ship. But the majority of D/C fans don't act as if it is. They're pretty chill and happy, for the most part, and letting them have their squee doesn't mean I have to enjoy Sam and Dean any less.
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(Anonymous) 2013-04-01 06:34 am (UTC)(link)I still see a lot of Cas, but more than that, I see people wishing his character got interaction with people besides Dean. Sam and Cas have such an interesting relationship. So did Meg and Cas.
Whats alarming though is the sheer amount of shit these kids get flung at them daily for their ship. Like, holy christ. No one deserves that and if it leads to them making a snarky comment, I don't blame them. Death threats aint cool.