| 12:56p |
Reality vs. Fiction - Some of us do see the line there.
Okay, I predominantly write in RPS fandom, which makes this a pretty pressing issue, but I've seen this in fictional fandoms as well, and the emperorsteele wank made me feel the need to reiterate this:
NOT ALL OF US THINK THE PEOPLE WE WRITE ABOUT ARE REALLY HAVING SEX. IT IS NOT ABOUT THAT.
Yeah, there are tinhats. There's crazy in every corner of the interwebs. But it isn't about someone really being gay and buttsexing their best friend/enemy/tentacle monster. It's about imagining the 'what ifs' that we find interesting or titillating and writing them to share with other people who find them the same way. Repeat: fic does not say "this person is gay" or even "this person could be gay", it says "what if they were gay?"
For that matter, WE ARE NOT AFFECTING YOUR CANON BY DREAMING UP OUR OWN. Boys don't magically start having sex with one another in the pages of your favourite manga because we like to write scenarios in which they do. Ballplayers aren't gonna bring a whole new meaning to the words 'high and tight' because someone writes them doing so.
We're not (all) delusional here. These aren't always reflections of what we think is real, or even what we think should be real, and they're not too likely to impact your enjoyment of said fandom object whatsoever. So for the love of God, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?!
*breathes*
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