In defence of ABO

[signe_chan]

A while back now, I was asked to speak on a panel at 9world con. I was going to get 7 minutes to talk about an AU of my choice and the first thing that came to mind was ABO. In the end, I decided to go with gender-switched AUs because, well, I didn’t want to be THAT WOMAN who was the ABO woman for the entire convention. But I also didn’t think that

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[moderndon]

Ты знаешь, как выглядит самое доброе утро на свете? Я знаю! Заходи в мой журнал и тоже узнаешь! Такое нельзя пропустить.

[jmathieson_fic]

Totaly with you on all of this. The first Clint/Coulson fic I posted to AO3 was an ABO fic because I stumbled across the trope, read everything I could find, and then had to write one. I'm writing my second ABO story for the Clint Barton Big Bang.

The one thing I'm unsure about is conflating ABO with BDSM. Yes, power dynamics are involved in both, but (to me anyway) BDSM is a real thing that we sometimes write in a fantasy way when we write D/s-verse stories, whereas ABO is entirely fantasy. I write them both, but I write them quite differently.

Being jumped on for liking things that are "problematic" is my least-favourite thing about Tumblr, so I'm trying to join you on this Return to LJ drive, and I'll be posting some thinky thoughts about my writing :)