in my view, slash is the girlie version of traditional lesbian pr0n (here being defined as having nothing to do with actual lesbians, but a sexual depiction of two women engineered by men for men.). There's no competition there for the viewer/reader. It's the "I'm greedy" theory. Why would I want to mess up a perfectly good fantasy by throwing some other girl in there?
I have to admit for the most part I have a particular hatred for the stereotyping fic writers heap onto the characters. Most characters that I like are a little odd, which is why i like them. Then some perfectly gendered writer comes along and wipes those things away to place my beloveds into a sexualized little box. For example, I don't believe for ONE second that Spencer Reid would be a bottom. EVER. It's not in his personality to give up that much control. And yet every Morgan/Reid fic out there has him as some weak little thing. He's not weak. Never has been once on the show, hopefully never will be.
The het stuff is almost as bad. I'm seen so many people turn Catherine Willows into a Barbie that it isn't funny.
I thought we had all lived through the feminist revolution. Isn't it time to drop this whole woman=doormat BS? Which is right in line with stopping the forced feminization of certain body types- MGG may be skinny, but he's not girly.
This is the reason why everyone should read madlori's current fic. I think it's called a "Cure for Loneliness," and she has produced well rounded characters who are neither stereotypical nor victimized. She made people!
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Date: Jan. 23rd, 2010 08:39 pm (UTC)I have to admit for the most part I have a particular hatred for the stereotyping fic writers heap onto the characters. Most characters that I like are a little odd, which is why i like them. Then some perfectly gendered writer comes along and wipes those things away to place my beloveds into a sexualized little box. For example, I don't believe for ONE second that Spencer Reid would be a bottom. EVER. It's not in his personality to give up that much control. And yet every Morgan/Reid fic out there has him as some weak little thing. He's not weak. Never has been once on the show, hopefully never will be.
The het stuff is almost as bad. I'm seen so many people turn Catherine Willows into a Barbie that it isn't funny.
I thought we had all lived through the feminist revolution. Isn't it time to drop this whole woman=doormat BS? Which is right in line with stopping the forced feminization of certain body types- MGG may be skinny, but he's not girly.
This is the reason why everyone should read madlori's current fic. I think it's called a "Cure for Loneliness," and she has produced well rounded characters who are neither stereotypical nor victimized. She made people!