[ SECRET POST #2560 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2560 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[fscom]

09. http://i.imgur.com/iwUxiiN.png

[fingalsanteater]

I guess I'm kind of the same way? I've even written femslash, and I still look for it last.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm kinda the same way. Written femslash tends to bore the hell out of me. But fanart? Yes, please.

[(Anonymous)]

A lot of it is really cookie-cutter tbh.

[(Anonymous)]

+1

I read more guyslash than femslash because I've found there's more variety in the fic. Although part of that might have to do with there being more guyslash in general...

[elaminator]

I like femslash and do look for it on occasion, but not as much as f/m or m/m fic. Then again I don't ship as many femslash pairings, and the fanbases for the pairings I DO ship tend to be smaller as well, so there's less to find.

[nightscale]

Same here. It's probably why I so rarely read it because it's a lot harder to find(lord knows I've read random femslash for fandoms I'm not even in before just because I wanted to read some f/f).

Secret 9 - Femslash in canon and fanfiction

[transcriptanon]

[Picture is Thirteen, as portrayed by Olivia Wilde, and Dr. Allison Cameron, as portrayed by Jennifer Morrison, from the TV series "House, M.D."? They are both young women with long brown hair, although Olivia Wilde's is a little darker and she has light olive skin while Jennifer Morrison has lighter skin. They are both wearing T-shirts and pants or trousers.]

I love female-centric series and relationships between female characters - friends, lovers, rivals, all kinds of relationships. I love them in canon. But in fanfiction, femslash is the last thing I look for. I love reading fic for my male/female and male/male ships, but for my female/female ships I just don't care beyond canon.

I don't know why this is. I don't think it's about sexuality, because I'm bi and I don't need my fic to be sexy anyway. I don't think it's misogyny because see point 1. I just wish I could explain it.

Pic not related other than that I found it when I image-searched "femslash".

I'm female, by the way.

[caerbannog]

Same here.

I love it in canon, but I tend not to look for it in fanon. IDK if it's just because I don't expect anything or because I like it so much it makes me uncomfortable to read it in fanon, but it is just that way.

That said sometimes I might really be in a mood and hunt it out in fanon. Once in a blue moon.

[(Anonymous)]

Same here. I think it's because a lot of femslash writers are humorless, self-righteous twats. Slashers and het shippers are a much more fun bunch and their fic reflects that.

[(Anonymous)]

>.>

[(Anonymous)]

>twats

I see what you did there....?

[(Anonymous)]

I think I don't see eye-to-eye with the rest of fandom on how I want my femmslash shipped. So I can really stay away from it and just stick to canon.

I like these characters together but I want their relationship to be 'like this' not the way you guys are writing it.

But when fandom does get the ship the way I want it, I consume it like a black hole.

[(Anonymous)]

For me, if the series is female-centric and involves lots of compelling relationships between the characters, I'd probably end up shipping something and going off to find fanwork. It's the femslash in male-heavy fandoms that often turns me off, since a lot of the time it feels like the authors are just pushing two female characters together for the sake of femslash without considering if there's anything there to work with or not. I know this happens with m/m slash too, but I never like those fics either. I need subtext before I can ship.

[fleshisyummy]

My problem is that all the femslash pairings I like are extremely unpopular and have barely any fic. I feel like I never get super into the popular ones.

[saiika_von_maou]

Same. *shrug* Dunno why, just the way it is.

Off-topic

[elephantinegrace]

I really, really want to write a Thirteen/Cameron fic now. Damn me.

Re: Off-topic

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, please! Seeing the picture made me want to read Thirteen/Cameron fic :)

Re: Off-topic

[(Anonymous)]

I would never put them together in a femslash fic but i read a catfight fic between them once that I loved.

[siofrabunnies]

Maybe you just don't like the way femslash is written. Almost all I find feels like generic lesbian romance with characters' names copy/pasted in. M/F and M/M tends to get, if not better, then more varied writers.

Or maybe you ship it in the 'aw, how cute/endearing/etc' way and not the 'I'll be in my bunk' way. That's the way I am a lot. Two characters can be really cute or enjoyable to watch, but that doesn't necessarily mean I want porn or plot of them, especially if it's written like above.

[(Anonymous)]

I think I'd like femslash better if it was kinkier and tropier.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm a lesbian and I only like kinky tropey stuff. I haven't read much fic but if this is the case with femslash, I guess I'm not missing out on much.

Give me dark, disturbing, over the top, foeyay, etc. Nothing fluffy, thanks.

[(Anonymous)]

This is why I don't bother looking for much of it. So much is boring fluffy PG or PG-13-rated romance. Give me kinky porn or no thanks.

[(Anonymous)]

I like male characters mostly, so I enjoy slash. I can't get into femslash because I don't fancy girls. I'm boring like that. That's my 2c on the topic.
That is no to say that I don't like any female characters. Luna from HP was great, for example. I just can never find interesting fics with drama and character developement about female characters. I don't even look that hard anymore tbh.

[(Anonymous)]

I like the most popular femslash pairing in my fandom and almost never look for the fanfic because it so often bashes the guy that they're both interested in canon. I'd be fine with it if they just weren't interested in him romantically but instead it belittles him/their relationship with him so it's pretty much just, whatever.

That and/or it pidgeonholes both characters.