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Majinkarp (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} majinkarp) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} fandom_wank,@ 2004-06-10 12:00:00 |
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The Saiyuki Wank Incident
I love my fandom dearly, but this needed to be wanked.
Sariyuki started a "38 Incidents" project to promote Sanzo x Hakkai: authors are writing toward a goal of 38 ficlets for an underrepresented pairing. It's been a hit so far--22 fics submitted in a little over a month. It's a nice idea, because the fandom is pretty much dominated by 58 (Gojyo x Hakkai) and 39 (Sanzo x Goku). Sure, it's not canon, but come on, THERE IS NO CANONICAL YAOI IN SAIYUKI. The beauty of the series is that you can pair up virtually any of the characters.
Non-38 fans start complaining. Why? Because of the contest's sudden popularity. Because it's supposedly increased the amount of crap on FF.net. Because 38 conflicts with their "canonical" OTP. Despite the fact that THERE IS NO CANONICAL YAOI IN SAIYUKI. 38 fans get called upon to justify their pairing. Someone even proposes a "39 Incidents" project, to combat the onslaught. 39 is possibly the most popular Saiyuki pairing out there, so holding a similar challenge for it would be moot, and contradicts why the "Incidents" project was created in the first place.
*clears throat* I'm both a 38 and 58 fan myself, so it really cheeses me to see that fans on both sides can't get along.
I love my fandom dearly, but this needed to be wanked.
Sariyuki started a "38 Incidents" project to promote Sanzo x Hakkai: authors are writing toward a goal of 38 ficlets for an underrepresented pairing. It's been a hit so far--22 fics submitted in a little over a month. It's a nice idea, because the fandom is pretty much dominated by 58 (Gojyo x Hakkai) and 39 (Sanzo x Goku). Sure, it's not canon, but come on, THERE IS NO CANONICAL YAOI IN SAIYUKI. The beauty of the series is that you can pair up virtually any of the characters.
Non-38 fans start complaining. Why? Because of the contest's sudden popularity. Because it's supposedly increased the amount of crap on FF.net. Because 38 conflicts with their "canonical" OTP. Despite the fact that THERE IS NO CANONICAL YAOI IN SAIYUKI. 38 fans get called upon to justify their pairing. Someone even proposes a "39 Incidents" project, to combat the onslaught. 39 is possibly the most popular Saiyuki pairing out there, so holding a similar challenge for it would be moot, and contradicts why the "Incidents" project was created in the first place.
*clears throat* I'm both a 38 and 58 fan myself, so it really cheeses me to see that fans on both sides can't get along.
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