I find myself thinking "but didn't we have this conversation already in 2005" rather a lot lately. Not that I think we shouldn't revisit conversations, but the rehashing of the exact same arguments without any acknowledgement just feels like we're going in circles most of the time. Fan culture then continues to primarily replicate only what's popular at the moment while everything else gets kind of buried, especially in big fandoms. Social media algorithms these days certainly aren't helping.
It is a general cultural discomfort with women thing, and moreso with women's sexuality that people are bringing in to fandom, I think. I can also imagine that real life trauma related to compulsory heterosexuality might cause some queer people in fandom shy away from exploring certain tropes like cis het swap, or lash out at people that do explore it when they fail to protect themselves. This response probably isn't just limited to darker themes in fic since triggers are far more complex than fandom tends to acknowledge. (But that's a bit of a tangent, oops.)
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Date: 2021-04-02 03:22 pm (UTC)It is a general cultural discomfort with women thing, and moreso with women's sexuality that people are bringing in to fandom, I think. I can also imagine that real life trauma related to compulsory heterosexuality might cause some queer people in fandom shy away from exploring certain tropes like cis het swap, or lash out at people that do explore it when they fail to protect themselves. This response probably isn't just limited to darker themes in fic since triggers are far more complex than fandom tends to acknowledge. (But that's a bit of a tangent, oops.)