10 Things I Hate About You
Nov. 19th, 2003 12:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tzikehNow, I piss you off!
1) Mulder? Has never, ever, ever, ever wanted to sleep with Krycek. Ever. Ditto Harry and Draco. Which brings us to #2:
2) Neither Draco nor Krycek is a sweet, kind-hearted soul with good intentions who was all twisted up by evil parents or life circumstances, and who is simply misunderstood by the people who think they're bad guys. You know why? They're bad guys. If you look up "bad guys" in "Dramatic Conflict For Dummies", you will find "pl. n.: guys who are bad. See villain. See also Freud: Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."
3) If I see slash in certain tv shows/movies/books for certain pairings, that doesn't mean I believe/want to believe that "everyone's gay". Swear to God. There are such things as chemistry and evidence, and they matter.
4) Just because a show thrills you doesn't mean the show is any good. Just because a script moves you doesn't mean it's well-written. Just because an actor's performance engages you doesn't mean the actor is talented. I accept that parts of me are shallow, and I can love a show/performance/script while at the same time acknowledging that it's sub-par work. You should all hone this skill.
5) RPF/RPS/actorslash horrifies me. Not just "eh, I don't get it, whatever" - HORRIFIES. Popslash, LotRPS, all of it. (Aside: This doesn't mean *people who write/read* these things horrify me. I've lived with an LotRPSer, and currently live with a Popslasher.) Which brings us to #6:
6) If you dislike something someone writes or reads or thinks, you don't necessarily dislike that person. And if you can't hold a concept like that in your head, you have more problems than I can help with.
7) Queer theory has taken over slash fandom to the point of being wearying, and I want my fun back. I can wallow in the meta-love as much as anyone else, but dude - just write the stories and enjoy them!
8) Warnings, author's notes, beta thanks, ratings, and anything else which appears before the text of the story other than the title and the author's name? Suck dead weasel cock. I don't want to know what cd you listened to while you wrote the story - because now that is part of my reading of it. My experience of your work should be *my* experience of your work, not *your* experience of it. If you want to include this stuff, put it at the end, or have a link to a separate page for it. After I've read the story, if I want to know that you were inspired by the lyrics to "Polly Wolly Doodle" and a steady diet of Cheez Whiz and pomegranates, I can choose to find that out.
9) If you won't read hetfic just because it's het, you need to step off for a minute and think about people who won't read slash just because it's slash. In particular, think about what those folks think about queer people, and how that makes queer people feel. Now reverse it. Got it? Good.
10) "Squee", "ficcie", "ficlet", "eppie", "vidlet", "plotbunny" and any and all other contributors to the infantilization of fandom are the work of Satan, and if you use them in conversation with me, you will lose cool points. Sorry; that's just how it is.
Hey, the meme says "UNPOPULAR" right there in the title. Why be pansy-assed about it? It's just opinions.
Next post - 10 Things I Love About Fandom (at the moment).
Oh, and -![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
thebratqueen's post, what is slash?, pretty much covers everything I feel about slash and slash fandom, even if I don't agree with all of her pairing examples. ;)
1) Mulder? Has never, ever, ever, ever wanted to sleep with Krycek. Ever. Ditto Harry and Draco. Which brings us to #2:
2) Neither Draco nor Krycek is a sweet, kind-hearted soul with good intentions who was all twisted up by evil parents or life circumstances, and who is simply misunderstood by the people who think they're bad guys. You know why? They're bad guys. If you look up "bad guys" in "Dramatic Conflict For Dummies", you will find "pl. n.: guys who are bad. See villain. See also Freud: Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."
3) If I see slash in certain tv shows/movies/books for certain pairings, that doesn't mean I believe/want to believe that "everyone's gay". Swear to God. There are such things as chemistry and evidence, and they matter.
4) Just because a show thrills you doesn't mean the show is any good. Just because a script moves you doesn't mean it's well-written. Just because an actor's performance engages you doesn't mean the actor is talented. I accept that parts of me are shallow, and I can love a show/performance/script while at the same time acknowledging that it's sub-par work. You should all hone this skill.
5) RPF/RPS/actorslash horrifies me. Not just "eh, I don't get it, whatever" - HORRIFIES. Popslash, LotRPS, all of it. (Aside: This doesn't mean *people who write/read* these things horrify me. I've lived with an LotRPSer, and currently live with a Popslasher.) Which brings us to #6:
6) If you dislike something someone writes or reads or thinks, you don't necessarily dislike that person. And if you can't hold a concept like that in your head, you have more problems than I can help with.
7) Queer theory has taken over slash fandom to the point of being wearying, and I want my fun back. I can wallow in the meta-love as much as anyone else, but dude - just write the stories and enjoy them!
8) Warnings, author's notes, beta thanks, ratings, and anything else which appears before the text of the story other than the title and the author's name? Suck dead weasel cock. I don't want to know what cd you listened to while you wrote the story - because now that is part of my reading of it. My experience of your work should be *my* experience of your work, not *your* experience of it. If you want to include this stuff, put it at the end, or have a link to a separate page for it. After I've read the story, if I want to know that you were inspired by the lyrics to "Polly Wolly Doodle" and a steady diet of Cheez Whiz and pomegranates, I can choose to find that out.
9) If you won't read hetfic just because it's het, you need to step off for a minute and think about people who won't read slash just because it's slash. In particular, think about what those folks think about queer people, and how that makes queer people feel. Now reverse it. Got it? Good.
10) "Squee", "ficcie", "ficlet", "eppie", "vidlet", "plotbunny" and any and all other contributors to the infantilization of fandom are the work of Satan, and if you use them in conversation with me, you will lose cool points. Sorry; that's just how it is.
Hey, the meme says "UNPOPULAR" right there in the title. Why be pansy-assed about it? It's just opinions.
Next post - 10 Things I Love About Fandom (at the moment).
Oh, and -
thebratqueen's post, what is slash?, pretty much covers everything I feel about slash and slash fandom, even if I don't agree with all of her pairing examples. ;)
