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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-10-17 06:53 pm

[ SECRET POST #2480 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2480 ⌋

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[personal profile] lyriel 2013-10-18 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
"I do think that in fandom, by both het or slash fans, romantic relationships are often placed over good friendships."

Yes. I think this happens in canon and in the media itself, too: this idea that romantic/sexual relationships are more important or more "real" than platonic friendships, the idea that character-development always has to happen via romantic relationships, etc. There's almost this message that same-gender friendships are something for children, and that the "next step" in anyone's progression through life is romance/marriage, as if that's an upgrade or a higher level, somehow.
The phrase "just friends" is awfully dismissive and condescending. Sometimes the help and support of a good friend can make all the difference in someone's life.
I like slash as much as the next person, but the idea that emotional or even physical closeness is always sexual, is far from healthy. That comes from a pretty prudish and backwards mindset, IMO.
Edited 2013-10-18 05:23 (UTC)

(Anonymous) 2013-10-18 10:23 am (UTC)(link)
...really? Do you think slashers have no friends, or want to bang all of them?

(Anonymous) 2013-10-18 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
...um...AYRT didn't say that...

...like, at all.
tbh, this reply is confusing me.