Hmmm. The "oppression" here is somewhat different, since this is fans railing against a creator, rather than one set of fandom railing against another. If a fan had said this about McKeller, I wouldn't have had this sort of rage; I'd have just rolled my eyes and moved along. But when it's the creator telling us how we're supposed to interpret his work, telling us that our interpretation is wrong - that's a different kettle of fish.
Is it really just McSheppers flipping? Because as a strictly gen fan I swear I would've have the exact same meltdown; he's denying what I love most about the show. If anything I'm more offended on the gen side than the slash side; it's not just John/Rodney that Gero's denying, but also Rodney & team, and Rodney & Jeannie. The reason the slashers are flipping is because most slashers consider themselves friendshippers as well - they are responding to the same intensity of relationships that you are, they're just seeing them a bit differently. While as Gero is seeing entirely different relationships. Are all the other gen fen really okay with what he said?
That being said - I really am sorry that slash kicks you in the gut like that. I've not read many fics that state that John & Rodney only spend time together because of their sexual desire (barring AUs, most of the canon slash fic I've read with that idea are the early s1-2 ones, when their friendship was so scarcely established in canon that they needed the crutch of attraction to explain why they'd spend any time together.) It's not what I'd like to read, certainly.
Hmm...out of curiosity, does any of my slash give you that impression? (have you read any of my outright McShep?) As I said, I write from the perspective of seeing slash as an extension of the friendshipping, but I'm thinking what I write probably looks different if you see slash as a deliberate denial of friendship...
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Is it really just McSheppers flipping? Because as a strictly gen fan I swear I would've have the exact same meltdown; he's denying what I love most about the show. If anything I'm more offended on the gen side than the slash side; it's not just John/Rodney that Gero's denying, but also Rodney & team, and Rodney & Jeannie. The reason the slashers are flipping is because most slashers consider themselves friendshippers as well - they are responding to the same intensity of relationships that you are, they're just seeing them a bit differently. While as Gero is seeing entirely different relationships. Are all the other gen fen really okay with what he said?
That being said - I really am sorry that slash kicks you in the gut like that. I've not read many fics that state that John & Rodney only spend time together because of their sexual desire (barring AUs, most of the canon slash fic I've read with that idea are the early s1-2 ones, when their friendship was so scarcely established in canon that they needed the crutch of attraction to explain why they'd spend any time together.) It's not what I'd like to read, certainly.
Hmm...out of curiosity, does any of my slash give you that impression? (have you read any of my outright McShep?) As I said, I write from the perspective of seeing slash as an extension of the friendshipping, but I'm thinking what I write probably looks different if you see slash as a deliberate denial of friendship...