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next_to_normal) wrote2010-08-05 10:15 pm
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I like it when people anticipate my thoughts
I saw a link posted for The Men's Ficathon, and I was all ready to post a rant (using one of my WTF icons naturally, lol) asking why on earth someone would think we needed a men-only ficathon. It's not like men aren't already the overwhelming focus of fic in just about every fandom or anything. :\ But then it turns out other people beat me to it. Good job, other people!
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Criticizing "Supernatural" fic for being too male oriented is like criticizing "The Man Show" for being too male oriented.
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Slash and het are by far the most common types of fics, and both by definition include male characters. Gen is somewhat less common, and has a 50/50 chance of being about a male. Femslash, the only type that excludes men, is a miniscule section of fandom.
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I know of what I speak.
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Especially since from what I can see of the prompts, they're mostly bog-standard ones with M/F and M/M pairings and single characters , like you'd find just about anywhere... I mean, they could at least have made a Men's Ficathon specifically about, I dunno, deconstructing masculinity or talking about what it's like to be male in a changing world, or something...
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Still, I'm pretty sure none of that was on the OP's mind. I feel kind of sorry for her, to be honest; she obviously wasn't expecting the reaction she got. (Which isn't to say I disagree - she definitely made a mistake.)
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(Love your icon!!!)
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Especially as it seems to be a reaction to the all women ficathon. "Well if the chicks get a ficathon, then the menz must feel left out! Oh noes!"
It's like making a White History Month in reaction to Black History Month. Kinda stupid.
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because she's been living under a rock her entire time in fandom or something.