Why?

[leethet]

Why do I even try? When will I learn to not get involved in these totally futile and infuriating "Why do you write slash?" discussions? We calmly and reasonably try to explain our point of view and it hits that brick wall of willful misunderstanding and condescension. We get is "But it's all porn" (no) "They're not gay on the show" (they're also not married or with kids or retired or timeshifted to the present on the show -- does that stop people from writing fanfic? Where're the attacks on them?) and the best of all, that snide, superior "WHY are you so defensive?" (try NOT being defensive when someone attacks you). Futile, futile...
Hm. Nope. don't feel better yet. Grrr... this is why I hate Net "communication." I want to be face to face with these people and explain without interference the many logical fallacies they're wallowing in in their arrogance.

Comments

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, but it's hard for me to imagine that anyone who's been around fandoms for any length of time hasn't already have been exposed to every "reason" imaginable for slash. Especially if she has "friends she dearly loves" who are slashers. Didn't she ask them already? After all these years did she truly believe someone could magically give her a reason for slash she could accept? Give me a break. I don't care what terms they couch it in, I find it hard to think it's not just another attempt to ridicule slash and indirectly, or maybe not so indirectly, slashers.

But, hey, I'm just unfriendly. *g*

[leethet.livejournal.com]

I don't care what terms they couch it in, I find it hard to think it's not just another attempt to ridicule slash and indirectly, or maybe not so indirectly, slashers.

I have a real hard time seeing some of those posts any other way than that, for precisely the reasons you state.