I should be putting on my socks.

[lyssie]

Yesterday's f!s post had this secret: http://i25.tinypic.com/2j0xgya.jpg

"95% of what I read is slash. S: I'm still hurt that my PWP slash fics get ten times the feedback that my female-character-centric gen fics receive, despite the fact that my gen is linked to a larger audience.
"B!S: I should stop pouting and rest secure in the knowledge that at least I write the women better than the show ever did."

Now, I can immediately see a couple of reasons why:

1. 95% of the fandom reads nothing but boyslash just like the poster of the secret.

2. If the poster reads only 5% non-slash, they probably aren't giving feedback to others writing female-centric fic. Maybe they should start doing so (just a thought). A lot of people aren't going to feedback your stuff just 'cause you're writing it, especially if you're not reciprocating.

3. Gen, in Stargate terms, means no romance. So you're essentially writing non-femslashy, non-het female-centric fic. That's nice, on one level, but women like smutty girlfic, too.

4. Nice bit of arrogance about how you're writing them better. Maybe the lack of feedback is proof that you aren't.

5. I don't know about all readers, but I tend to ignore female gen fic written by boyslashers. Or at least approach it with trepidation. Especially when it's sort of obvious that they're writing their one, token, female fic piece so they can claim that, REALLY, they LOVE women, they just don't think any of them deserve those horrible men. Which is why everything else they write is boyslash.

Comments

[miera-c.livejournal.com]

who say that all het writers do is write tired romance novel tropes, and that even het written by slash writers is better than het written by anyone else, because slash writers are so much more freed of tired heteronormative gender constructs

*growls*

There's so much bullshit wrapped up in that line of thinking. It pisses me off.

(Erm, that is, it's not you that's pissing me off, it's that excuse and people who wield it, which are not you.)

[havocthecat]

Isn't it annoying as fuck? I would deconstruct the reasons why that entire line of thinking is made of complete and utter fail, so I could c&p it every time I saw damn near the exact same thing posted (so many times now...), but I'm afraid that I'd give myself apoplexy while doing so. Not to mention go on a number of unnecessary tangents ranting on other things.

(I figured it out. *g*)