Which is not to say some slash isn't creepy with regards to gender/sexuality
Definitely. But it seems like the argument took the creepy/exploitative stuff and then tried to argue that that's what it all is. Which is a bit like saying Harlequin romances are don't generally have well written female characters, so all romance fic is like that. All of it.
I mean, I think if you write a lot of fiction with relationships in and none of them are m/m then you might want to think about why. (In my case I think it's mainly because I like female protagonists, but I still poke myself about my lack of gay male secondary characters)
Yeah, in the same way that fandom occassionally starts in on 'why do you only write the white characters?' or 'why do you never write women?' Which is not to say there isn't a perfectly valid reason - like you preferring to have female protagonists - but a diverse secondary cast isn't exactly a bad thing.
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Definitely. But it seems like the argument took the creepy/exploitative stuff and then tried to argue that that's what it all is. Which is a bit like saying Harlequin romances are don't generally have well written female characters, so all romance fic is like that. All of it.
I mean, I think if you write a lot of fiction with relationships in and none of them are m/m then you might want to think about why. (In my case I think it's mainly because I like female protagonists, but I still poke myself about my lack of gay male secondary characters)
Yeah, in the same way that fandom occassionally starts in on 'why do you only write the white characters?' or 'why do you never write women?' Which is not to say there isn't a perfectly valid reason - like you preferring to have female protagonists - but a diverse secondary cast isn't exactly a bad thing.