Sheesh

[leethet]

There's so much bad feeling between slash and gen (and particularly between perceived slash and gen) in this fandom that I wonder if it isn't a good thing when those two "camps" are wholly separate, the way they are in other fandoms. Then at least one side doesn't get hit by the other's vitriol all the time.

I have trouble fathoming people's need to be "right" when it comes to something that is so clearly a matter of personal taste.

Sigh...

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[green-key.livejournal.com]

Your last comment to the list --about the guys being spies and that being an integral part of their lives-- hit on exactly my point for enjoying pre-slash/pseudo slash/gen-slash/whatever minutae label apparently must be slapped on it now besides slash in MFU. The cause they fight for is the most important aspect of their lives, at least in my interpretation of the show. They would die for their cause and they'd sacrifice each other for their cause. My inner tragic romantic loves it -- and what's not slashy about that? It's the ultimate sacrifice. It's hard to completely ignore that fact in stories unless authors choose to write the guys on vacation, but even Terbuf canon tells us vacations are no safe haven for UNCLE agents.

And I'm getting rambly -- maybe I should just post to the list instead of hogging your LJ. *g*

There's so much bad feeling between slash and gen (and particularly between perceived slash and gen) in this fandom that I wonder if it isn't a good thing when those two "camps" are wholly separate, the way they are in other fandoms.

I wouldn't say that gen/slash debate is necessarily stronger in this fandom, just that communities mixing gen and slash together means this debate is going to rise more often than other fandoms.

There are definite pros and cons to the mixing of gen and slash. It's been nice to get to know more fans by the mixing, but at the same time some slash fen I've chatted with feel inhibited to speak their mind in mixed chats and panels. The truth is, slash and gen fen approach stories and outlooks on the episodes differently, and while a mixing of slash and gen fen can give a general, overall sort of feeling, they often don't touch on specifics for either preference, which is disappointing in its lacking. It's nice to see a fandom trying to include everyone (to an extent, but that's another tangent), but there are some things gen fans like to talk about that slash fans do not, and most certainly vice versa. Some separation is not always the bad thing MFU seems to perceive it to be.

[leethet.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't say that gen/slash debate is necessarily stronger in this fandom, just that communities mixing gen and slash together means this debate is going to rise more often than other fandoms.

Yeah. It's not that we're worse people, here in MFU, but that in other fandoms they had the sense to bring more than one lifeboat. :)