Not that you'd expect any less from a slash writer, but...

[mollyringle]

I finally saw The Force Awakens (loved it!), and was reading news stories about the popularity of the Stormpilot pairing (which of course I could totally get behind). I should know better than to read the comments, though. Oy.

I don't want to give these articles extra traffic by linking to them. You can find them easily enough if you want. I'll just

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[sopdetly]

I wish I was home where I have access to my appropriate gifs. BUT YEAH. ALL THIS.

[mollyringle]

Hee, yes, on Twitter I was looking for a rainbow heart emoji and couldn't figure one out, so, oh never mind, but - yeah! *rainbow confetti!* *hugs*

[camelittle]

I am with you all the way. The comments are hateful, ignorant and absurd.

[mollyringle]

Thank you! Yeah, when you spend lots of time on AO3 and tumblr, with all the happy diversity going on, you forget sometimes how hateful the "real world" can still be. Sigh.

[camelittle]

I agree - unfortunately we still have a long way to go, but I'm happy to do my bit, plugging away, one slash fic at a time!

[mollyringle]

It brightens the lives of your fellow fans. :) And hey, the fact that a fan slash pairing was making it into mainstream news sources at all is probably a sign of change!

[serai1]

And that you can be happy for someone else even if what they're into isn't your thing.

Ah, but you're talking about people who are fundamentally incapable of doing exactly that. Other people are morally obligated to behave only in ways they approve of, otherwise what's the point to any of it?

[mollyringle]

So it would seem. I keep trying to understand this inflexibility, and still don't get it. I mean, *I* don't have much interest in kissing other women; just not my thing; but I can still be happy for gay women, and even write characters who are gay women. What is this opposition to even *seeing* something happen that you don't like? I don't like shellfish either, but I'm not going to get all outraged if someone eats clams in a movie. :D Ah well.

[serai1]

What's really amusing is that, most of the time, they don't even have to see it. Just the idea that it might exist at all is enough to get their panties in a bunch. Man, I don't much like Brussels sprouts - I'd happily fund a complete eradication effort if I had the bucks - but I don't resent the fact that other people eat them. Fucking weird.

[mollyringle]

Down with Brussels sprouts!! :D Oh, but another thing that angered me about these articles was that some brought up how a major film franchise like Star Wars might be reluctant to "lose millions of ticket sales" by introducing an out gay/bi/etc character, because in some countries (e.g. China) that would get the film blocked. All the more reason to do it, I say! Don't back down, cowards! Argh.

[archaeologist_d]

I loved the Star Wars movie! Can't wait for the next one.

[mollyringle]

Yes! I'm much more into it than I expected to be. A good sign!