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fandomsecrets2013-12-18 06:59 pm
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(Anonymous) 2013-12-19 03:40 am (UTC)(link)Main characters =/= the fandom OTP, though (it's if we're talking about Hannibal, but that wasn't my point).
And hey, I get perfectly well wanting for a ship to be canon, but it's tiresome being in fandoms where people keep talking about REPRESENTATION, when they just care about one ship.
Because let's be honest, most fandoms full of people claiming they only want queer characters would still be very annoyed if the writers don't chose their OTP for that or even worse: break it by making one of the characters gay and pairing him with someone else, just like het shippers when they ship isn't canon.
Becuase (surprise!) slashers aren't perfect queer allies and sometimes they're really into that just because they like a ship. And that's ok, really, no need to justify it.
You aren't like that and honestly care about representation? Great! But chance are that in certain fandoms, people like you aren't the notorious majority and that's why the "representation" argument is getting annoying for some.
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(Anonymous) 2013-12-19 03:58 am (UTC)(link)I admit I have met one homophobic slash fan - loved slash but in the end found religion - but pretty sure the vast, vast majority are going to be supportive of queer representation. and would rather see a character get with a same-gendered person than opposite gendered, because it's still slash.
Say what you will, het ships and slash ships aren't equal. They should be, but one is normal and happens everywhere, one is almost exclusively left to the fan's imagination. having one character enter a gay relationship with a different character, even if it isn't your OTP, means something - and I think most slash fans would agree.
(That being said, I agree that liking a slash pairing doesn't mean you are an LGBT ally or a part of the fight for queer equality. I just don't see the point in questioning people's motives for wanting queer representation.)
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(Anonymous) 2013-12-19 05:05 am (UTC)(link)Most of the really die-hard shippers of fandom OTPs (which are usually slash) that I know go into fits of anguish at the thought of their pairing being split.
See: the rivalry between Destiel and Wincest shippers. You just try to tell me that one side wouldn't eat the other alive if one pairing became canon. You just try.
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