the politics of oppression

[tielan]

Hmm. So, can I call oppression against Teyla in SGA fandom and get Teyla-centric fic out of it?

Or is that reserved only for the "oppressed" fans of characters with hundreds of fangirls and thousands of stories about their favourite pairing?

Comments

[sugargroupie.livejournal.com]

Looks to me like that post should've been on clairvoyantwank instead of f_w.

Regarding the content, as a fan of both Teyla and Elizabeth of equal degree, I'm not going to begrudge Elizabeth fans from wanting more Elizabeth-centric fic to counter what they see as character bashing. I haven't read the fic in question, but I'm assuming it's a parody or satire or whatever. However, from a quick glance at the comments I get the impression that there's mocking and taunting of the Sparky shippers, which... *shrug* whatever. I guess that's the nature of fandom.

I think there are many many variables involved in why there's such a dearth of Teyla-centric fic, and, aside from the glaringly obvious, the reasoning behind them depend largely on what type of Teyla fic one is looking for.

[tielan]

Let's just say that if I could call "oppression" every time someone mocked or dissed Teyla or John/Teyla and get sympathy fic out of it, I really wouldn't consider myself "oppressed".

As for looking for Teyla-centric fic: I'll start reading just about anything that's got a focus on Teyla and isn't Teyla/Ronon, Shweir, or McShep. Preferably action-adventure or character study, but I'll take what I can get.

[distant-cord.livejournal.com]

Help! Help! You're being oppressed!

[greenconverses.livejournal.com]

Oh, why Fandom Wank are you being difficult and keeping me from the delicious sparky wank? I've been waiting some kind of an explosion for weeks.

[tielan]

JournalFen has been dodgy for days now. I find that repeatedly refreshing the page helps.

[greenconverses.livejournal.com]

I finally got to read it. Not nearly as satisfying as I would have liked. *sigh* I read the Elizabeth fic in question and actually had a few flashbacks to some really bad shweir fic I had read before.

I probably wouldn't be saying it if the shoe was on the other foot...oh wait, what I am talking about? I'm a John/Teyla fan. Fandom hates us by default. :)

[tielan]

If it was John/Teyla it wouldn't be a blip on the wank-radar unless someone had a grudge to play out.

[sugargroupie.livejournal.com]

Looks to me like that post should've been on clairvoyantwank instead of f_w.

Regarding the content, as a fan of both Teyla and Elizabeth of equal degree, I'm not going to begrudge Elizabeth fans from wanting more Elizabeth-centric fic to counter what they see as character bashing. I haven't read the fic in question, but I'm assuming it's a parody or satire or whatever. However, from a quick glance at the comments I get the impression that there's mocking and taunting of the Sparky shippers, which... *shrug* whatever. I guess that's the nature of fandom.

I think there are many many variables involved in why there's such a dearth of Teyla-centric fic, and, aside from the glaringly obvious, the reasoning behind them depend largely on what type of Teyla fic one is looking for.

[tielan]

Let's just say that if I could call "oppression" every time someone mocked or dissed Teyla or John/Teyla and get sympathy fic out of it, I really wouldn't consider myself "oppressed".

As for looking for Teyla-centric fic: I'll start reading just about anything that's got a focus on Teyla and isn't Teyla/Ronon, Shweir, or McShep. Preferably action-adventure or character study, but I'll take what I can get.

[distant-cord.livejournal.com]

Help! Help! You're being oppressed!

[greenconverses.livejournal.com]

Oh, why Fandom Wank are you being difficult and keeping me from the delicious sparky wank? I've been waiting some kind of an explosion for weeks.

[tielan]

JournalFen has been dodgy for days now. I find that repeatedly refreshing the page helps.

[greenconverses.livejournal.com]

I finally got to read it. Not nearly as satisfying as I would have liked. *sigh* I read the Elizabeth fic in question and actually had a few flashbacks to some really bad shweir fic I had read before.

I probably wouldn't be saying it if the shoe was on the other foot...oh wait, what I am talking about? I'm a John/Teyla fan. Fandom hates us by default. :)

[tielan]

If it was John/Teyla it wouldn't be a blip on the wank-radar unless someone had a grudge to play out.