Fannish Opinion Meme

[tielan]

This could (and probably will) seriously get me into trouble.

But what the hell.

1. Ask me one fandom-related question in the comments. This can be fandom specific, general, or about fandom/LiveJournal stuff/fic writing/etc. in general.

2. You can only ask one question. (It can have sub-parts, if you want.)

3. That's it. It can be as normal or odd as you like.

Comments

[fugacious-love.livejournal.com]

In the context of Shep/Weir romantic involvement, it comes off as a woman forgiving her man anything he does purely because she loves him. I like Weir. I'd rather not see her in this kind of mentality - which is how she comes across if I read Shep/Weir as romantic.


That's what Shep/Weir seems like for me too. I ship both Shep/Weir and Shep/Teyla, but Shep/Weir is much more in fanon than canon for me. Sometimes I do like the idea of the Shep and Weir characters together, but the writers have yet to write a decent Shep/Weir scene that doesn't scream "OMG ANGST!", "They're acting like they're just friends", or "But that's not like Weir at all!". I'm a huge Weir fan, and though I do like Shep/Weir sometimes, I'd much prefer her with Ronon a person whose relationship with her would add to her character, not subtract from it.

The three relationships I have issues with in romantic development are (ironically) the most popular ones in fandom: Shep/McKay, Shep/Weir, and Teyla/Ronon.

This is still what I don't understand. I see how Shep/McKay and Teyla/Ronon are popular, but Shep/Weir always seems like the more subtle ship to me (in comparison to Shep/Teyla, which I've seen since the first episode).

On the Teyla/Ronon argument, I couldn't agree more.

Out of curiousity, did you see the ficathon delgaserasca is holding over here (http://delgaserasca.livejournal.com/430365.html)? I'm told we're supposed to pimp the ficathon, so here's my... pimpage. :)

[tielan]

Sometimes I do like the idea of the Shep and Weir characters together

Now this is something that nobody will believe of me: sometimes, I do, too.

And then I remember all the Mary Sue Weir stories I've read, the abject annoyances that certain fangirl Shweirs inspire in me, and the fact that the relationship reduces Weir to 'faithful little woman waiting for her man to come home *swoon*', and it passes. *g*

but Shep/Weir always seems like the more subtle ship to me

I pretty much said this on miera_c's LJ the other day.

In the absence of writers capable or willing to write consistent romantic relational development into a show, fans will popularise the relationships that have the most interaction, whether or not there is romantic subtext depicted between the characters.

On the other hand, one of my friends thinks that a lot of het fans over-identify with Elizabeth as the white, educated, thirty-something, middle-class Western woman, and so project themselves into her and want her (themselves) to end up with the 'hero' - in this case, Sheppard.