J/W 'shipper

[veronica_rich]

I am Veronica, and I am a J/W 'shipper. Yes, I am.

I've been one for coming up five years this summer. I saw the subtext from my first viewing of CotBP, and I've been seeing it since, even in spite of Disney's best efforts to kill it in DMC. (And, God love 'em, Johnny's and Orlando's chemistry remained intact and gave me enough moments anyway. *G*)

I read Turrow. I write Turrow. I also read Sparrington, Willington, Willabeth, Sparbossa, Barbossabeth, and just about anything else you put in front of me if it's done well and doesn't build itself up by blatantly tearing down what someone else likes. I've read a great deal of Sparrabeth and het, and I've commented on a great deal of Sparrabeth and het. I find it telling that I can count on my fingers the number of Sparrabeth fans who've ever commented on anything I've written, or that a great number of better slashers (especially J/W) have written, but that I see other pairings' fans commenting positively on het - especially J/E - stories all the time.

Even stories that otherwise blatantly make fun of what the slashers or Will fans like.

THAT is tolerance and fellowship.

And I think there are fans who could learn something from us homo- and pansy-loving perverts.

Comments

[pir8fancier.livejournal.com]

Sigh. Preaching to the choir, hon.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't think so at all. I believe there are fans who read this who wouldn't admit to it if you twisted their arms up behind their backs and forced them to watch Jack turn away from Elizabeth and plant a wet one on Will right now. *G*

Or, at least that's the impression I get from frustrated comments I read here and there on places I'm not supposed to be. ;-)

[pir8fancier.livejournal.com]

Well, that's my own personal red button issue: that our issues with that movie had nothing to do with characterization and ridiculous plot machinations, but everything to do with the fact that the movie was het in nature. And that we couldn't slash to our hearts content. I never thought I'd see slash in THIS fandom become a dirty word. Live and learn.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

That's why I posted this - sort of a whole "we're women, let's take back the word 'bitch' thing" going on, I hope. Except, I don't want to crush anyone under my bootheel; I just want us to muscle our way back into the fandom where we ought to be again and widen the circle some more.