[fandom] Baby-Sitters Club slash

[escritoireazul]

I have insomnia.

I also have thinky thoughts about The Baby-Sitters Club and why a fandom based on a book series about eight girls (plus two associate members, only one of whom is a male) has so much more boy slash than girl slash. I think this says something about the way fans treat women, but I'm not quite sure yet which words I want to use

Comments

[hermionesviolin]

BSC has boyslash? Clearly I hang out in specific circles 'cause most all I see is girlslash (specifically the members in relationships with each other).

[nikitangel]

Yeah, my limited experiences in the fandom have been all about the girls. Different circles, I guess.

ETA to use my "Dibble" icon!

[cabell]

Yeah, that's been my experience, too.

I definitely don't think that the majority of readers identified with the charges--while typically BSC readers were probably under 12, children generally identify a few years up when reading YA fiction. Everyone wants to sit at the grown-up table, right? :p

[fox1013]

Me... four? I think?

What confuses me is that, if the audiences are relating to the charges rather than the baby-sitters, aren't there comparatively WAY more female kids?

I mean, Vanessa! Charlotte! Becca! Right there you have three EXCELLENT POSSIBLE PAIRINGS.

*gestures wildly*

[hermionesviolin]

Which reminds me that yes, my impression is that the bulk of BSC fic is intra-club pairings, but also obviously Stacey/Charlotte = OTP. (Not that I don't also support Stacey/Claudia . . . hell I also enjoy Stacey/Janine.)

[thelastgoodname]

Stacey is a slut!