We all must venture beyond our comfort zones...

[kelleigh]

I'm always thrown for a loop when I'm reminded of the fact that there's a large portion of the Supernatural fanbase who 1) doesn't know what slash fiction is (be it Sam/Dean or J2 or any other pairing) or 2) find it revolting.

I was reminded tonight by a comment thread on a photo posted by a Supernatural Facebook group that I follow (that has annoyed me in the past because the maintainers throw so many of their personal opinions and details out there) where a piece of fan-art was featured that could have been slashy. Beyond the fact that they didn't even bother to link to the original artist's page/DA account, there was a discussion where someone brought up the fact that the picture was slightly sexual. One of the mods explained that it could be slashy, whereas the other said: "Slash is only good to some people and it's something we've never promoted or let people post on this page. Personally, I hate it." Subsequent comments predictably contained users' disgust with the idea, especially when it came to Wincest (because, you know, that's obviously the only slash pairing possible on SPN, and ALL SLASH must be condemned because it's probably incest. JEEZ.)

[But of course, they'll promote (and create entire galleries for) the mods' own fic and banners.]

I guess it's good to be reminded that in this corner of fandom (possibly the best corner!), we're not judged by one another so harshly, and our love for SPN and the actors is just as genuine as anyone else's. And because we have something linking us together that goes beyond superficial enjoyment of a television show, we're probably one of the strongest corners, too.

So basically, THANKS FOR BEING AWESOME, Y'ALL. And YAY slashy boysex (and girl sex!) \o/

Comments

[shalom]

Yay to all that!

(And on a related note, my Teenage Fangirl has been gobbling up SPN on our new Netflix account and laughing her butt off about it on fb and the phone with me. She thinks the ongoing joke that everyone thinks they're lovers is fantastic, but I've never said the "slash" word.) LOL

[weimar27.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I ran into that when there was the tv.com list of craziest fans. One of the spn fan sites I was following had a pretty negative view of Wincest. I don't think i was yet a wincest fan at the time. But I had definately moved on to slash. The author seemed kinda taken aback when I actually defended fanfic.

But yes fandom is an awesome place.

[milen748.livejournal.com]

puh-lease this corner is FANTASTIC lol. some people are just too sensitive don't mind them

[write-in-red.livejournal.com]

Ditto!

:)

We're really lucky to be able to share and read to our heart's content here.

[onehotmama199.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm just glad I found fellow pervs! At least that's what I was told you all were the ONE time I mentioned it to anyone. Seriously, you'd think we were sacrificing babies or something.

[akintay.livejournal.com]

I always forget that we aren't the fandom but just a part of it - but I'm kinda glad, because as you said, our little corner of fandom is awesome! There are exceptions and there's tons of wank, but I wouldn't want to be anywhere else because this fandom truly is the best. Not just because we have awesomely talented people and people are so open-minded, but because we really are our own little community - people support each other and help each other, and there's so much love here. As you said, it goes beyond just enjoying the show and I'm sp happy to be a part of it ♥

[cassiopeia7.livejournal.com]

ALL SLASH must be condemned because it's probably incest

How is it possible that this quote has both depressed me and made me laugh like a loon?

[angelicfoodcake.livejournal.com]

And thank you for being awesome, too! This corner is the best!

But seriously, I had some strange run-ins with other fans. There's someone on deviantart who loves to preach to Wincesters/J2-fans how morally wrong they are.... Not to mention the even stranger comment I've gotten on a German page begging me to think about my life and my choices (which I did in length already ;)) and linking incest to paedophilia o.O. After a while, it just gets ridiculous.

[wendy.livejournal.com]

♥!

[gypsy-atavari.livejournal.com]

I think I can count on one hand the people in my life who know that I read fanfic. Of those who do know, one knows that I've read Wincest and slash, and that I have been pleasantly surprised with the quality of the writing in this fandom. We even got into a whole discussion about what makes a good fanfic etc. I think I felt comfortable sort of coming out to her in a way because she was in Buffy fandom once upon a time.

I guess being that Supernatural is my first fandom I am very aware that there's actually a bunch of people out there who are in fandom in varying ways - or even not at all. The judgement still surprises me though because as I mentioned to that friend - sure in many ways it's hot (goodness is it ever!), but it's always the story that gets me most and I can't deny the multitude of talented folks in this corner producing these stellar stories.

Luckily I think I am just in this corner of fandom where we're all a little bit more accepting of each other's quirks so I hardly run into the truly offensive stereotyping and comments.

[cherry916.livejournal.com]

If you've only ever really participated in Fandom on livejournal it could be quite a shock going on other websites. Even deviantart, I remember multiple posts going around about anti-wincest and how sick it is. So I made one called pro-wincest because I felt victimized that I was called disgusting for something I personally enjoy.

Tumblr could be the aboslute worst though, I stopped going on there for all the pointless ship wars and how the biggest ploy in the ship wars is twisting how the characters or actors think all wincesters are sick and disgusting. You're right about Livejournal being the main spot where no one is judged for what they like because 9 times out of 10 someone likes the same thing you do. There's no wars or moral sides people stand on. It's what I love about livejournal the most.

[slothy-girl.livejournal.com]

Aw thanks to you too for being fucking awesome!!!!! *hugs* And whoo slashy sex! hahahahaha :D

[samena.livejournal.com]

I saw that on FB as well and it really annoyed me that the mods were so subjective and narrowminded about slash. OK, to each their own, but that goes for the slashers, too. Anyway, yes, YAY for our wonderful little corner of the fandom!!

[santacarlagypsy.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the late comment, but I'm just getting caught up on stuff around here.

But I just wanted to drop in and say YES... I agree 100% with this post. What you say about this corner of fandom is one of the reasons I love it here so much. So thank you for the reminder. ♥