Re: on a slight tangent
Wait, and I thought people were complaining that the mainstream money-grubbing capitalist market ignores them? Like 'such and such showrunner doesn't think women are watching this show' or 'such and such folk don't think that a show with lesbians/gays will sell.'

Frankly, that attitude just really... FRUSTRATES me about fandom. Maybe it's because when you come from a different fandom, who is 'outsider' and who is 'insider' get blurred.

Well... I personally don't think someone who is getting paid a fair rate is exploited? Nor is someone who buys a producted necessarily exploited.

In some ways, that is what I was wondering... they're not threatening to get rid of the free stuff, so...

Well, in a way, I guess I COULD see that fear. If we had a really robust m/m market, some of the popular fanwriters might want to go pro (in fanfic writer land, there are two groups, one who are in it for the show, and one who are in it for the audience. If the latter group could leave fandom, write whatever they want, and still have an audience/community?), and then they would stop producing free work. So, the average quality of the free stuff would go down, and 'm/m for women' fandom would become more like SFF online fandom and romance novel fandom, with more of a pro atmosphere.