Fail, Slash Fangirls, Fail

[redbrunja]

You know what I keep hearing? What pisses me off like no other?

The slasher pov that it is impossible to write a male/female relationship that is equal.

Fuck that.

If you want to write about boys sexing each other, fine, but don't flat-out state that it is impossible for a fictionally heterosexual relationship to ever be equal, as well as implying that every single real world straight relationship is inequal to boot.

Comments

[wicked-seraph.livejournal.com]

What?

People put too much stock into gender and sex to begin with, and unfortunately it tends to be particularly bad with yaoi and slash; there's this ridiculous expectation that one partner HAS to be "the woman" of the relationship. I don't know which is more offensive: assuming that there HAS to be a submissive partner in the first place, or that such submission is a "female" quality. :/

[mistaria.livejournal.com]

You said this perfectly and I share your sentiments. I can't usually read/watch slash/yaoi because of how often this is the case.

[wicked-seraph.livejournal.com]

It seems that many writers get hung up on what would be a "good slash fic" or "good yaoi fic", rather than remembering that they're writing with characters, not tropes. Two men, two women, a man and a woman, or anything in between - their biological sex isn't as important as how they relate together.

Why can't "romance" or "smut" be sufficient?

[mistaria.livejournal.com]

So very true. It just makes me think, like you said, of how much stock is put in gender and sex. And how freaking annoying it is.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Personally, I'm going with assuming that submission is a female trait, but yes, this reads as wacky, wacky gender/sexual issues in total.