A GayGen Challenge?
Jul. 4th, 2009 10:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ht_murrayYesterday I posted about some misgivings I have about what's accepted as Gen and what that says about the acceptance of gay couples, in general (ha! pun! Go me!)
And this morning I read this post in which someone said basically what I was thinking only SO MUCH BETTER.
As I started reading the comments, I got to thinking, "Yeah, why are so many slash fics about the sex? Why aren't there more Gen fics with gay pairings?" And then, someone actually said, "There should be a Gay Gen challenge in which there are gay pairings who do not have sex every three pages." Okay, so that's paraphrased. I'm lazy about hunting down quotes.
So, I was wondering...
If there was a Gay Gen challenge, would anyone be interested in participating?
The point is, that a lot of the anti-slash/homophobic vibe coming out of the Gen community is due in part to the fact that there's so much SEX in slash fic, and a lot of people don't want to read that between any pairing, het or gay.
So, if there's a perception that's hurting your community, then you should do something to change that perception... Am I right about this or just talking out of my ear again?
Basically, this is the idea. A Gay Gen challenge in which the story is plot driven or character driven, any length, with a gay lead pairing, and no sex beyond maybe the occassional kiss or suggestive comment (because all couples get frisky now and again, right?)
As was suggested in the comments thread of that other post, maybe it's just the couple goes grocery shopping. Or maybe it's epic. The point is, show gay people functioning as people in society with other motivations than getting each other into bed.
I think we could do it in this fandom. Admittedly, it would be hard with a Dean/Sam main pairing, because incest is a whole other issue, but if it was an AU in which they were not related or did not know they were related, that would be find. And there's Dean/Cas, and a ton of other possible pairings, including OC's. And there's the RPF.
I think it would be both challenging and would help both gen ficcers and slashers approach things from a little different perspective.
I think the comment thread of that other post mentioned someone planning to start such a community, but they aren't in Supernatural fandom, and I have no idea whether it will be multi-fandom or not, so I don't think it'd be stepping on anyone's toes to suggest one for the Supernatural community.
What do y'all think? Would you read a GayGen story? I'm not sure I could the whole running a challenge thing, but if I did, would someone want to help out?
Am I just stupid for even considering that this fandom could do something like that?
Bueller? Bueller?
And this morning I read this post in which someone said basically what I was thinking only SO MUCH BETTER.
As I started reading the comments, I got to thinking, "Yeah, why are so many slash fics about the sex? Why aren't there more Gen fics with gay pairings?" And then, someone actually said, "There should be a Gay Gen challenge in which there are gay pairings who do not have sex every three pages." Okay, so that's paraphrased. I'm lazy about hunting down quotes.
So, I was wondering...
If there was a Gay Gen challenge, would anyone be interested in participating?
The point is, that a lot of the anti-slash/homophobic vibe coming out of the Gen community is due in part to the fact that there's so much SEX in slash fic, and a lot of people don't want to read that between any pairing, het or gay.
So, if there's a perception that's hurting your community, then you should do something to change that perception... Am I right about this or just talking out of my ear again?
Basically, this is the idea. A Gay Gen challenge in which the story is plot driven or character driven, any length, with a gay lead pairing, and no sex beyond maybe the occassional kiss or suggestive comment (because all couples get frisky now and again, right?)
As was suggested in the comments thread of that other post, maybe it's just the couple goes grocery shopping. Or maybe it's epic. The point is, show gay people functioning as people in society with other motivations than getting each other into bed.
I think we could do it in this fandom. Admittedly, it would be hard with a Dean/Sam main pairing, because incest is a whole other issue, but if it was an AU in which they were not related or did not know they were related, that would be find. And there's Dean/Cas, and a ton of other possible pairings, including OC's. And there's the RPF.
I think it would be both challenging and would help both gen ficcers and slashers approach things from a little different perspective.
I think the comment thread of that other post mentioned someone planning to start such a community, but they aren't in Supernatural fandom, and I have no idea whether it will be multi-fandom or not, so I don't think it'd be stepping on anyone's toes to suggest one for the Supernatural community.
What do y'all think? Would you read a GayGen story? I'm not sure I could the whole running a challenge thing, but if I did, would someone want to help out?
Am I just stupid for even considering that this fandom could do something like that?
Bueller? Bueller?
