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May. 21st, 2011 01:02 pmSo I saw a post earlier off Metafandom talking about "No Heterosexual Explanation" or scenes where there isn't any doubt that two characters are meant to be seen as homosexual. And that does happen, but as you might expect, there are a lot of comments where the heterosexual explanation would be "men can be friends and not bone each other." I mean, I'm not trying to be That fan, but someone brought up J.D. and Turk from Scrubs unironically. I mean, honestly people.
It's just that I find that kind of fannish entitlement annoying. It's like they're saying "oh, I'm not just reading the text in my own way, I'm watching the real show and all you other people aren't special enough to see it." And I try to be more realistic and enjoy, say, Legend of the Seeker as both the Richard&Kahlan Show they intended and as the Cara&Kahlan Show they might have intended. And then you have people getting mad when their particular take on canon is invalidated, even though the creators are under no obligation to pander to them (like they would be if, say, they created a homosexual character, then backed off and gave him a girlfriend). Like I know someone on tumblr who is outraged whenever Tim Drake is written as heterosexual, since he's clearly gay. After all, when has a teenage boy even been emotionally closed off, or not physically intimate, or awkward around girls?
And to cover my bases again, I can see where they're coming from on some things, like in Nightwing OYL when Dick Grayson was depicted as a bed-hopping sex machine, which isn't so much for him being het as for him being someone who is very about relationships and monogamy, despite the 'fandom bicycle' jokes. But if it's just about the fact that he's not gazing soulfully into Roy Harper's eyes, then come on. Write your own fanfic, you can't expect DC to do it for you.
Anyway, the tipping point is that two people brought up Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock as "proof" that Kirk and Spock are gay. No. Kirk does what he does because his best friend's immortal soul isn't at peace, and his other best friend is suffering from a mental illness that can only be cured one way. Most people would do what he does for a friend, especially a Big Damn Hero like Kirk. It's not something he would only do for a lover. And the entire crew comes with him! What, are they all having sex with Spock too? Come on.
It's just that I find that kind of fannish entitlement annoying. It's like they're saying "oh, I'm not just reading the text in my own way, I'm watching the real show and all you other people aren't special enough to see it." And I try to be more realistic and enjoy, say, Legend of the Seeker as both the Richard&Kahlan Show they intended and as the Cara&Kahlan Show they might have intended. And then you have people getting mad when their particular take on canon is invalidated, even though the creators are under no obligation to pander to them (like they would be if, say, they created a homosexual character, then backed off and gave him a girlfriend). Like I know someone on tumblr who is outraged whenever Tim Drake is written as heterosexual, since he's clearly gay. After all, when has a teenage boy even been emotionally closed off, or not physically intimate, or awkward around girls?
And to cover my bases again, I can see where they're coming from on some things, like in Nightwing OYL when Dick Grayson was depicted as a bed-hopping sex machine, which isn't so much for him being het as for him being someone who is very about relationships and monogamy, despite the 'fandom bicycle' jokes. But if it's just about the fact that he's not gazing soulfully into Roy Harper's eyes, then come on. Write your own fanfic, you can't expect DC to do it for you.
Anyway, the tipping point is that two people brought up Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock as "proof" that Kirk and Spock are gay. No. Kirk does what he does because his best friend's immortal soul isn't at peace, and his other best friend is suffering from a mental illness that can only be cured one way. Most people would do what he does for a friend, especially a Big Damn Hero like Kirk. It's not something he would only do for a lover. And the entire crew comes with him! What, are they all having sex with Spock too? Come on.
