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silverthunder) wrote2005-01-28 11:42 pm
silverthunder) wrote2005-01-28 11:42 pm
Ranting. Heh.
Argh. Okay. I paid a trip over to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
yaoi_rants. And I really shouldn't have - all it's doing is pissing me off. I thought it'd be fun, really. Maybe I'd see some poking-fun at stupid cliches in bad fanfiction.
Too much stupidity, though. Seriously. Every time I think I've come across a sane poster, they someone bring it back to that evil, EVIL point that is the defense of the self-proclaimed "sane" yaoi fan.
"Well, yeah, I like yaoi as much as the next person, but come on, you can't just make perfectly straight characters gay, right?"
Watch me bang my fists on the ground in frustration. The HELL? How can so many people agree with this opinion and not see the complete and utter bullshit it is?
It's intolerance disguised as tolerance! The FUCK you are open-minded! Who's to say which characters are "perfectly straight" anyway? You? Suppose I don't agree with you? Then I guess I'm rabid and stupid, since obviously you have the last word on the subject. I'd better consult you before I decide to like a pairing, or I might look stupid. Right?
Save me from patronizing nitwits! I have reasons for my choices - just because you don't buy them doesn't mean they're not valid. Shut the hell up and leave me alone if you don't have anything productive to say. I don't criticize YOUR choice of pairings, so leave mine the hell alone.
I'm sick and tired of people who connect pairing to badfic. Just because someone writes a certain pairing doesn't automatically make their fic BAD. Conversely, this also doesn't mean it's GOOD. The quality of the fic depends on the skill of the writer and their ability to handle characterization believably. NOT on the pairing.
Pairing has nothing to do with it! Every pairing has its share of badfic. In fact, I'd be willing to bet that if you look at things proportionately, most pairings probably have close to the same ratio of badfic to goodfic as others. Some pairings have more written for them, so the number of badfic is larger. Does this make the pairing bad? No. It makes those particular fics bad.
If you feel the urge to associate pairing with badfic, go take a look through your own pairing's fandom and ask yourself honestly how many fics THERE are bad.
Badfic is everywhere. It's not limited to yaoi, to het, or to any one particular pairing. It's a staple in fandom. Nothing makes your pairing inherently better than mine, no matter how "canon" you think it is.
So, pull your head back out of your ass and get over it.
I can really bitch with the best of them, can't I?
yaoi_rants. And I really shouldn't have - all it's doing is pissing me off. I thought it'd be fun, really. Maybe I'd see some poking-fun at stupid cliches in bad fanfiction.Too much stupidity, though. Seriously. Every time I think I've come across a sane poster, they someone bring it back to that evil, EVIL point that is the defense of the self-proclaimed "sane" yaoi fan.
"Well, yeah, I like yaoi as much as the next person, but come on, you can't just make perfectly straight characters gay, right?"
Watch me bang my fists on the ground in frustration. The HELL? How can so many people agree with this opinion and not see the complete and utter bullshit it is?
It's intolerance disguised as tolerance! The FUCK you are open-minded! Who's to say which characters are "perfectly straight" anyway? You? Suppose I don't agree with you? Then I guess I'm rabid and stupid, since obviously you have the last word on the subject. I'd better consult you before I decide to like a pairing, or I might look stupid. Right?
Save me from patronizing nitwits! I have reasons for my choices - just because you don't buy them doesn't mean they're not valid. Shut the hell up and leave me alone if you don't have anything productive to say. I don't criticize YOUR choice of pairings, so leave mine the hell alone.
I'm sick and tired of people who connect pairing to badfic. Just because someone writes a certain pairing doesn't automatically make their fic BAD. Conversely, this also doesn't mean it's GOOD. The quality of the fic depends on the skill of the writer and their ability to handle characterization believably. NOT on the pairing.
Pairing has nothing to do with it! Every pairing has its share of badfic. In fact, I'd be willing to bet that if you look at things proportionately, most pairings probably have close to the same ratio of badfic to goodfic as others. Some pairings have more written for them, so the number of badfic is larger. Does this make the pairing bad? No. It makes those particular fics bad.
If you feel the urge to associate pairing with badfic, go take a look through your own pairing's fandom and ask yourself honestly how many fics THERE are bad.
Badfic is everywhere. It's not limited to yaoi, to het, or to any one particular pairing. It's a staple in fandom. Nothing makes your pairing inherently better than mine, no matter how "canon" you think it is.
So, pull your head back out of your ass and get over it.
I can really bitch with the best of them, can't I?
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Just because two people are in a relationship doesn't mean they're going to stay that way forever. (no matter how much fans would like to believe it) It's possible, but it's also possible that they'd break up and see other people. People shouldn't discount one possibility just because they believe in the other.
It's also not like someone pulled the "I'm dating someone of the opposite gender because I'm: a) in denial, or b) trying desperately to be normal" out of their ass. People DO this in real life. It's perfectly feasible to have it in fanfiction.
Whether or not it's so overdone it's not even funny is a completely different point.
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So, I'm all for breaking up canon couples. It just gets on my nerves when people can't do it decently.