[ SECRET POST #2559 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2559 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I think the 'infidelity-condoning' part is more a function of having a non-canon ship than specifically a slash ship? Most of the places I see it is when there are canon relationships that run in opposition to the ship of the fic, and I've seen it happen with both slash and het ships (and some femslash ships). You do tend to see a lot of it with slash ships, since very, very few of those are ever canon, but you also see a lot of it with canon love triangles, usually het, where fandom or just the author considers canon to have made the wrong choice, or where canon has awesome female teammate vs often-absent female love interest, etc.

I also tend to see it where a fic is rebelling against a popular fandom ship by getting them together, then bringing in a second character to show how obviously better for the person they are. Again, gender of the participants depends entirely on the ships and canons in question.

So ... for that trope at least, I think it's based more on whether or not there's a canon and/or popular fanon ship for the ship-of-the-fic to deal with, rather than any gender-specific reasons?

[(Anonymous)]

I think that's where the infidelity condoning is coming from too. I've lost count of how many slash or femslash pairings I've read that have had infidelity because one half of the pairing (or even both sides of the pairing) are already married or whatever in canon.
Het relationships are more likely to be canon so this doesn't happen as much in those fics.

[(Anonymous)]

That makes sense, though it's still a bit hard for me to read. I have seen easy fixes like the canon couple having a mutual/friendly split, or sometime the author just conveniently ignores their existence.