**Because, yes, it pisses me off the way that our society and our pop culture is geared towards sex and romance being the be-all and end-all of relationships.*** bows down and worships friendshipper's shoes.
I so totally agree with you and I couldn't have said it better myself. This is one reason I tend to be a gen writer than anything else. Unless there is an established relationship, I will generally stir clear of anything remotely romantic. Not that I am against romance in any way, but to centralized your whole existence around it is not only very short sighted, but it atrophies a person's ability to see and have relationships that are not romantic in nature.
I see this phenomena in fanfiction a lot. It baffles me how people go out of their way to pair up EVERYONE in that fandom. As though their not having a romantic relationship diminishes the possibility of being actually happy and satisfied with their lives. I have to practically hours just searching fandoms for friendship or gen stories.
Not everything has to be about sex, people, there's all sorts of relationships that can be perfectly platonic and still be interesting. And don't even get me started on incest.
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Date: 2008-11-25 06:21 pm (UTC)I so totally agree with you and I couldn't have said it better myself. This is one reason I tend to be a gen writer than anything else. Unless there is an established relationship, I will generally stir clear of anything remotely romantic. Not that I am against romance in any way, but to centralized your whole existence around it is not only very short sighted, but it atrophies a person's ability to see and have relationships that are not romantic in nature.
I see this phenomena in fanfiction a lot. It baffles me how people go out of their way to pair up EVERYONE in that fandom. As though their not having a romantic relationship diminishes the possibility of being actually happy and satisfied with their lives. I have to practically hours just searching fandoms for friendship or gen stories.
Not everything has to be about sex, people, there's all sorts of relationships that can be perfectly platonic and still be interesting. And don't even get me started on incest.