I Took the One Less Travelled By

[ladylade]

Notes: This is a "trying to sort out my feelings pretending to be an essay" essay, but I think, as far as the Teen Wolf fandom goes, all of the needs to be said. Basically, a roughly 2600 word essay on the pros and cons of Sterek becoming canon vs. the pros and cons of Sterek not becoming canon. (Outcome: odds heavily in favor of Sterek becoming

Comments

[cupcakegirla]

At this point it's sort of a lose/lose/lose situation.

They'll either turn it into Canon, and have people tuning in for the "gay relationship, shock! GASP!" and they're using it, at least in part, as a sensationalized effort to get viewers.

If they don't make it canon and keep giving us the on screen chemistry it's "queer-baiting" because now they KNOW what they're doing and they're doing it on purpose.

If they don't make it canon, and then change the relationship to avoid making it queer-baiting, than we lose the onscreen dynamic and the joy of seeing them together on screen all the time. And we're losing even that little bit of them together.

The whole thing just sucks. Make it canon, but treat it like they do the het couples. The sensationalized aspect will die down after a while, and then we still get an awesome couple.

Anyway... I thought it was really well written. I was an American Studies major for my BA, and I took classes on TV in American Culture, and Gender and Sex in American Culture. And this would have been a great basis for a final paper in either of those classes. So good job! :D

[ladylade]

And as much as we're ragging on Jeff, I think he realizes that it's a losing situation too. Although I can handle people tuning in just because there's a gay couple, mostly because I think that Jeff would do a great job of writing Sterek as a couple, rather than as a gay couple.

Thanks!