I was reading on article from Zap2It on Tumblr and it got me thinking. The article was in reference to the Sterek Campaign's raising of, I believe, $10,000 for Wolf Haven. It's a great thing and just shows what a fandom can do when it's not busy arguing or sending threatening tweets to show-runners.
I digress.
The accomplishment is huge, but it's the article itself that made me think. I see articles about fandom and shipping everywhere now. And not just het ships, but slash as well. I got into fandom in the dim, dark ages of the early 90s (which, yes, makes me a baby compared to some :D), and back then you never would have seen shipping mentioned in an article. Sterek would have never shown up in an online poll. If you wrote or read slash, it was like Fight Club. The first rule... And God help you if read or wrote RPS. There was a special level of hell reserved for you.
It's... refreshing, in some respects. It's nice to know that people are maybe becoming more accepting of slash ships. It's nice to not have to feel like what I read and write needs to be kept in the closet because I'm a pervert.
I probably have more to say, but my brain is blonde today so I'm just going to go read me some 174000+ word Sterek that was just posted on AO3. :)
*Edited once
gingerpig pointed out that it looked like there 174+ Sterek fics. Which there are, but that ain't what I was talking about. :)
I digress.
The accomplishment is huge, but it's the article itself that made me think. I see articles about fandom and shipping everywhere now. And not just het ships, but slash as well. I got into fandom in the dim, dark ages of the early 90s (which, yes, makes me a baby compared to some :D), and back then you never would have seen shipping mentioned in an article. Sterek would have never shown up in an online poll. If you wrote or read slash, it was like Fight Club. The first rule... And God help you if read or wrote RPS. There was a special level of hell reserved for you.
It's... refreshing, in some respects. It's nice to know that people are maybe becoming more accepting of slash ships. It's nice to not have to feel like what I read and write needs to be kept in the closet because I'm a pervert.
I probably have more to say, but my brain is blonde today so I'm just going to go read me some 174000+ word Sterek that was just posted on AO3. :)
*Edited once
gingerpig pointed out that it looked like there 174+ Sterek fics. Which there are, but that ain't what I was talking about. :)
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To a slasher that was just 'it writes itself' *g*
Anyhoo, I got to the con late - fecking trains - so I hung around at the back of the hall during the opening ceremony. I got chatting to someone in between intros and she mentioned about being disappointed DB and JM misses their tv spot.
I replied with something along the lines of - they probably got carried away with the sex and lost track of time.
You should have seen the look she gave me. A mixture of horror/disgust and pity. That was just before she backed away and found the wall behind her much more worthy of her attention.
It's amazing the difference ten years can make huh?
And also was that 174+ fics or 174k+ WORDS, because if it's words then I WANT ME SOME OF THAT!!!
*coughs*
I still remember mentioning that I wrote Backstreet Boys slash at Writer Con. Still don't know if the horror was for the slash, the RPS, or the fact that I actually admitted listening to BSB. *g*
Ooops, guess I did fuck that up, huh? It's 174,000 words. Can't guarantee they are good words as I haven't read them yet, but here you go...
http://archiveofourown.org/works/441012/chapters/752217
Yet now you go to a con and even the actors talk about the slash on the net and who they like to be shipped with.
Some of the actors really get into it!