You mean all the "Spike fan, no apologies" and Slash fan, no apologies" icons? Damn. That's almost funny.
No dude - that is funny - fandom is freaking hilarious.
Let's see - the no apologies Kerfuffle was before the slash-het stand off but after the great James Marster's hates Spike debate post one of the conventions he did this summer. At some point there was this huge "Real Person Slash is of the Devil" and the responding "No it isn't *you* are!" kerfuffle - but that one rotates every six months like your tires - so to call much attention to it is rather anti-climatic. And the little Spike fan-guurrlss tiffy really wasn't a kerfuffle in the purest sense, just a coupla people were annoyed by the OMIGAWD!!1111!!! twinkies at a con. Actually, I think at that one even JM was expressing annoyance so it must have been bad.
As far as explaining the validity of slash - why we prefer it - it is a very hot button issue and mainly b/c a lot of people who don't get the appeal to slash sometimes end up inadvertently insulting the people who do when asking.
See - here is the deal - why we like slash is closely tied to our sexuality. It is something that turns us on. It is a part of our sexual makeup and to have someone question that, albeit even innocently, - well it is like someone asking "Why do you like girls" or "why do you like boys" or why are you who you are? Which, if you are sensitive about the subject (and for most people their sexuality is a hugely sensitive topic) it can almost appear as an attack - a "WHY THE HELL DO YOU LIKE THIS!!! EXPLAIN YOURSELF, WHORE" - and I really can't explain why I find slash so frickin erotic anymore than I can explain why my eyes are blue. Well, actually that is a bad example because my eyes are blue due to a lack of melanin, but you get my drift.
Now if you want to have a deep and meaningful discussion with me about why I think Wes has been dominating Angel's ass for about a year and half now - I am more than willing to discuss. But why do I like it? Um ...cause I do. It is hot.
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No dude - that is funny - fandom is freaking hilarious.
Let's see - the no apologies Kerfuffle was before the slash-het stand off but after the great James Marster's hates Spike debate post one of the conventions he did this summer. At some point there was this huge "Real Person Slash is of the Devil" and the responding "No it isn't *you* are!" kerfuffle - but that one rotates every six months like your tires - so to call much attention to it is rather anti-climatic. And the little Spike fan-guurrlss tiffy really wasn't a kerfuffle in the purest sense, just a coupla people were annoyed by the OMIGAWD!!1111!!! twinkies at a con. Actually, I think at that one even JM was expressing annoyance so it must have been bad.
As far as explaining the validity of slash - why we prefer it - it is a very hot button issue and mainly b/c a lot of people who don't get the appeal to slash sometimes end up inadvertently insulting the people who do when asking.
See - here is the deal - why we like slash is closely tied to our sexuality. It is something that turns us on. It is a part of our sexual makeup and to have someone question that, albeit even innocently, - well it is like someone asking "Why do you like girls" or "why do you like boys" or why are you who you are? Which, if you are sensitive about the subject (and for most people their sexuality is a hugely sensitive topic) it can almost appear as an attack - a "WHY THE HELL DO YOU LIKE THIS!!! EXPLAIN YOURSELF, WHORE" - and I really can't explain why I find slash so frickin erotic anymore than I can explain why my eyes are blue. Well, actually that is a bad example because my eyes are blue due to a lack of melanin, but you get my drift.
Now if you want to have a deep and meaningful discussion with me about why I think Wes has been dominating Angel's ass for about a year and half now - I am more than willing to discuss. But why do I like it? Um ...cause I do. It is hot.