Stupid Winchesters getting into everything

[gryphonsegg]

So there's this femslash challenge that some of the multifandom/panfannish people on tumblr are doing, and everything was rolling along just fine for a while . . . until the Wincester Nation attacked! Now there's controversy because some people decided that the appropriate response to a general call for femslash submissions was genderswap Wincest. Intellectually, I agree with the people who quite reasonably object to that on the grounds that there are already interesting female characters with interesting relationships that don't get written about enough and that flipping two male characters (especially two who are already so frequently written about that their fandom has separate communities for specific kinks) isn't what a panfandom femslash challenge ought to be about. Emotionally, I'm just sitting here, going, I'm sick of stupid Winchesters getting into everything, because I actively avoid anything Supernatural-related as much as a person with internet access can and yet I still inadvertently carry around a completely unacceptable level of Supernatural brain detritus. And every time I think I have found a corner of fandom the Winchester brothers couldn't possibly invade, THERE THEY ARE! Usually being all incesty!

Comments

[hannah]

Seriously, yes. I personally enjoy Supernatural fic, and quite enthusiastically - under very particular and specific circumstances, and the ones you're describing here are very much not them. It wouldn't even take much to say "canon female characters only" and have it be over and done with.

Sheesh, SPN fandom. Either grow up or stop being on my side.