Why is gay fanfiction so popular
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Sherlock and Watson. Dean and Cas. Derek and Stiles. There’s no denying it. There is a lot of gay (male) shipping in fanfiction. In fact, a 2013 survey by Destination Toast suggests that M/M slash pairings construct up a whopping 42.6% of all ship categories on AO3 as compared to 21.3% for Gen and 15.4% for Het (F/M). M/M shipping is not a recent phenomenon. Slash, and particularly male slash, is as antique as contemporary media fandom itself, with Star Trek’s Kirk and Spock largely cited as the first popular ship. Despite this, much of the progressing meta discussion about why there is so much M/M slashfic in fandom involves placing charge on women fan writers who allegedly write gay ships because they fetishize gay male relationships. There are many articles that accomplish a great employment exploring this argument (try here, here, and here). However, in the interest of, well, not blaming women fans for everything, I’d like to signal out some of the other reasons as to why M/M slash dominates online fanfiction.
As mentioned, some women do fetishize gay relationships.
Let’s get this one out of the way. Unfortunately, for some fanfiction writers, sexual relationships betw
Why do fangirls always construct them gay?
Why do fangirls always make them gay? is a tumblr essay by euclase in response to readers wondering why fans write slash. It garnered a series of reblogs with some posts adding additional commentary. Excerpts are included below. By July 8, 2014 the post has gathered over 8,155 notes (meaning people have either liked or reblogged the post, often with their own comments). One track of the discussion, as of that date, can be set up here.[1]
The Essay
"Imagine being in a relationship in which you are treated prefer an equal, consciously and unconsciously, sexually, emotionally, socially, romantically, without being bound by gender expectations, without risk of pregnancy (or having your reproductive rights taken away from you), without feelings of inferiority, without being mistreated or neglected because men don’t understand your body and can’t be bothered to learn how to deliver you pleasure (or that you even deserve pleasure). Imagine having a reciprocating relationship with someone who knows how to tap you and how to talk to you, who will never abuse you or take away your consent. Imaging feeling forceful , safe, like the defaultWhy Genshin Impact inspired so much gay fanfiction
Источник: https://fanlore.org/wiki/Why_Genshin_Impact_inspired_so_much_gay_fanfiction‘Genshin Impact, miHoYo’s popular gacha RPG hybrid, boasts a thoughtfully crafted world, attractive sceneries and characters — and a big gay fanfiction community. When they’re not whaling on limited-edition banners or charting extensive team-building spreadsheets, some players receive to prominent fan fiction sites like Archive of Our Own to announce fan works, many of which happen to be gay.”
Genshin has one of the fastest-growing video game fandom communities. Since its worldwide release, the game amassed over 11K stories on AO3 alone. AO3 primarily hosts slash, or male-on-male, stories. Labelled as M/M, these works feature same-sex relationships between male characters. Femslash, or F/F, and heterosexual fanfics are a minority. Genshin’s AO3 numbers rival those of long-standing fandoms enjoy Final Fantasy VII, Super Danganronpa 2, and Assassin’s Creed. Even then, fandoms within its range don’t necessarily have as much gay fanfiction. Most of Genshin’s top pairings are M/M, though it also has a reasonable F/F archive.
Fanfiction: An Ally to Lgbtq+ Fans
Fanfiction itself is a medium that does not restrict nor censor pre-existing works. Indeed, it has been perceived as a disrespect to the first creators or a origin of questionable morals. However, it is important to recognize the foundation of fanfiction and its importance to a fandom – especially to the LGBT+ minority. For them, it provides an ease of entering a community and culture that welcomes the different and the unusual. Fanfiction being innately participative can be a platform that represents the gender non-conforming than condemns, and introduces awareness of the dimensions of sexuality that is often inhibited by the mainstream media. This article tackles how fanfiction validates breaking canon media to allow self expression that encourages discovery of one’s sexual identity.
A Response to Canon
According to Koehm 1, “fanfiction as an artform is fundamentally rooted in [the] act of ‘re-vision’” which Rich 2 defines as “the act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes, of entering an old message from a new critical direction.”. As a derivative of “the old text” or known in fan culture as canon, fanfiction maintains the elements that ar
Three Misconceptions about Fanfiction Writing
I used to be embarrassed about answering questions appreciate, “What made you interested in writing?” Mostly, because the answer is unconventional.
My answer depends on the way the person will react. If it’s someone I just met, I might inform them that my dad and I bonded over writing a lot when I was in high school, and that it was an escape for me during my childhood as an undiagnosed autistic kid. All of that is true, but the real retort is that my desire and desire for writing stemmed from writing fanfiction.
I started writing fanfiction – gay fanfiction, in particular – during my second year of lofty school. It was an escape for me, and a way to inscribe queer representation into the media I enjoyed, since voice is so scarce for queer people. My dad would edit these pieces before I posted them on Archive of Our Own.
And, by “writing lgbtq+ fanfiction,” I denote that I would genuinely spend days on fanfics — lay all the papers out on my bedroom floor, edit them by hand — just like a “regular” writer.
Many readers would comment on my work, telling me that they loved my writing and how I interpreted certain characters. T