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⌈ Secret Post #2617 ⌋

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I agree. It's one of the great points of fanfic that it goes a tiny way to restoring balance.

I'll give even terrible TV a chance if it has gay/bi characters just because it's so rare to see anyone like myself protrayed. I can empathise with straight people in fiction but it gets depressing to have no other option.

In fanfic, most of the fic has queer characters somewhere about, or at least acknowledges them. It's just a relief to finally see something that partway mirrors my own life.

If I had a bad reaction to seeing any kind of slash I think I'd simply avoid fandom. Slash is everywhere. You can be really careful and block it but it's a lot of work. Why bother getting annoyed when traditional media caters for the other sort of relationships amply already?

I have some sympathy for the OP (though I suspect troll) but not for their ignorance. Of course some gay people like straight porn. The opposite is definitely true as well. Most slash communities have a small but regular lesbian showing.

And for people like me, I tend to make more female/female fanwork while liking/reblogging/voting for male/male fanworks, simply because there's so much more of them that are such high-quality that you really can't help but admire.

Slash is so prevalent in fandom so the sheer quantity does usually mean it garners most of the quality.

When I first came into fandom I read/wrote/did art for gen, het, slash and femslash but I soon found the slash is really where it's at.

I don't miss the gen or het much because I can get that elsewhere. I do slightly wish for more femslash. When I find writers I really like, they often tend to do a little femslash on the side, so that's where I find most of it these days. I've given up writing femslash entirely myself but that's for more personal reasons unconnected to fandom.

Femslash does get less hate but it also gets much fewer views. Maleslash is the one for stirring up public emotions. Gay still shocks.

Ironically, I was reading Martial's epigrams last year (in translation, they're so much fun) and discovered that ancient Romans found lesbianism shocking, much more than m/m sex, which they saw as titterworthy but something that just happened.

Romans believed that lesbians must have huge clitoruses in order to penetrate each other. It's hilarious yet disturbing because of what that says about their world views. Also, the Roman word for 'blow job' was literally 'mouth fucking' which is appalling in its societal connotations.

Sorry for explicitness if it offends.

I'm fascinated by historical attitudes towards sex. Romans had some weird ideas.

OT But what does titterworthy mean?? google isn't being much help.

Titterworthy: mostly worthy of ridicule/laughter rather than actual disaproval or persecution. To titter: to giggle naughtily.

Ha, it was a little unclear in context if you didn't know the word.

If I had a bad reaction to seeing any kind of slash I think I'd simply avoid fandom.

I disagree with OP, but I think this is kind of over-simplifying too. Many people do fandom for reasons other than (or in addition to) shipping.

Also, het shipping is still everywhere in fandom, so it's not like slash is The Only Option. It may often be the most vocal, but it's certainly not the only popular thing out there.

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