[ SECRET POST #2617 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2617 ⌋

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Notes:

As a note, social justice is not a fandom. Tumblr itself is not a fandom.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I've rarely seen it said that there are no interesting female characters period, but a common complaint is that there are no interesting female relationships. Which is a more valid criticism. Most female characters are either "paired" (romantically or no, just character-wise) to a man or to no one at all; female friendships are goddamned rare. It sucks.

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AYRT

You're right. It is generally "there are not two interesting female characters so I can't ship" not a single female character. There really don't have to be female relationships to make a ship if we go by male slash ship standards. I mean, look at MCU. Tony/Loki, Clint/Coulson, and other ships such as that where the characters barely (if at all) interact are huge. Femmeslash ships? Not so much. And, yes, there are fewer female characters in the MCU, but they are not nonexistent. And this is true of so many other fandoms. At least from what I've seen. Obviously there are exceptions. Like the Warehouse 13 fandom where HG/Myka is the juggernaut of the fandom, but I think it holds true for like 90% of the fandoms I've been in.

[deaalmon]

At least in the case of Clint/Coulson, I think the popularity has a lot to do with the implied relationship that can then be taken like a blank slate? It is VERY clear that they know one another, but the nature of that relationship is not seen on screen. Not to mention that Coulson is a pretty wide open character so he tends to become a kind of authorial avatar in some aspects.

Tony/Loki has that one scene that launched a thousand ships in Avengers.

[(Anonymous)]

I think this has a LOT to do with it. Most popular series/shows/whatever don't have good female relationships, especially not ones with lots of tension. I was... well, not surprised, but it was still nice - I'm passively in the Final Fantasy XIII fandom, and it's dominated by femmeslash. Because the female characters lead the game, basically, and their interactions are fierce.

But to be fair, a lot of girls slash guys because they think it's sexy, because they... like guys. And that's okay.

[(Anonymous)]

This. I've noticed that fandoms that DO tend to have a decent amount of femme tend to be women-centric and often have an emphasis on female friendship, or interesting dynamics between at least two women. Sailor Moon is a good example.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, exactly. There's a shitload of femslash in Glee, for example, which is a show that focuses a lot of female friendships. Same for Once Upon a Time, which has women in both friendships and antagonistic relationships.