Why are people even surprised?

Aug 31, 2012 13:31

Of COURSE there is Romney/Ryan RP slash fiction out there.  You'd think media reporters would quit gasping in surprise.  (The term "gay slash" is also a redundancy, guys.) Also, yes, I'm pretty sure that it's meant to be funny and not arousing. Actualfax fans of Mitt Romney do not call him "Willard." I'm not surprised that the general public might ( Read more... )

fandom, fanfiction, politics, slash, weirdness, political humor

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mzyra August 31 2012, 21:23:10 UTC
LOL No, I'm not surprised, though I'm loling that it's in the news. Though I daresay it would add fuel to those who have an anti-gay fire (~'They's trying to turn everyone gay!!!'), I just hope that people point out that a lot of people who write slash fiction are actually /straight/ women.

... Oh dear, I've just thought- and I know, I know, there's that rule about everything existing on the internet, but.... Plz can we no has Obama/Biden? We just- we just- No >.<'

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theafterimages August 31 2012, 21:36:46 UTC
OH LAWD. I have a dream that one day everyone will stop clutching their pearls over fanfiction. :P I'd wonder if this election season would generate a whole lot of hatesex fic, but I assume most of fandom doesn't like Team R/R (or most Republicans, for that matter) enough to write them as being anywhere near Obama.

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