Well, my main (albeit sideways) criticism was that his analysis applies to the rest of the online world much better than the fanfic world--a fact to which, as a het male who writes exactly the type of fic Will is talking about in the passage I quote, I can personally attest. There are quite a few het males writing femslash in fandom, and no one seems to be surprised or ever particularly upset by our presence. There's probably some justafiable suspicion, but in general we are judged by our works--teh_no deliberately causes wank and is disliked (by some; he still has a large readership, including queer females), I write radical feminist meta (as well as femslash of all types) and have never been anything but welcomed.
When you bring in the actual embodied fan members, rather than fictional characters or celebrities, it certainly does get more complicated, but Will didn't seem to be talking about that--just Clare and/or the actress who plays her.
(And I think I could probably get away with a lot more than you could, due to age.)
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Date: 2007-06-22 03:53 pm (UTC)When you bring in the actual embodied fan members, rather than fictional characters or celebrities, it certainly does get more complicated, but Will didn't seem to be talking about that--just Clare and/or the actress who plays her.
(And I think I could probably get away with a lot more than you could, due to age.)