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[bubosquared]

Managed to pack, clean and cook in an hour and a half. Wow. Go me.

Had an epiphany on the train home, but kat already said it best Because really, people, I'll be a lot more likely to shrug off, say, an anti-gay site when I stumble upon it that I would when it's been thrusted in my face and I've been ordered to read it, all while I was actually trying to have a nice dinner.

RPS has been "outed" before, in Q Magazine. That was a slight "eep", but then I didn't worry about it anymore. This? If it' true (big if, but still), it's scary as fuck.

Also, maladygirl has come up with the perfect name for the idiotic lotrippers:

lotwits

Comments

[darksong.livejournal.com]

I do think out of everyone, Ian McKellen was probably the best person to encounter this girl. Just because he seems very gracious and pretty hard to freak out. He also seems pretty net-savvy, so I'm sure he's seen quite a bit.

I read the email the girl wrote, and I think the issue is more of how she did it, rather than the fact that she did it. She seemed to be operating under the assumption of "oh, you're gay so you'll like stories written about male/male pairings" which is a hell of an assumption to make. I heard that Ian McKellen was told about the LOTR diaries that someone on LJ was doing (I never heard the follow up to that, though), so I assume he had a pretty good idea that some people are writing about the LOTR characters/actors with homosexual overtones.

But no, I don't think she was too smart about it...approaching him in the restaurant and acting so proud of herself that she had a slash website. I don't think it's going to be too big of a deal in the end, though, at least from a real-world context.

As for your early post about not making assumptions--I agree with that. I think it's cool when boys are very straight and are still all cuddly with each other. It's adorable. It also shows they're really secure with their sexualities and who they are. It does not mean they're doing anything else.

I think slash is fun but I can't imagine myself ever writing it. And considering all the dramas that I hear about going on within the fandoms, I think this is probably a good thing. I would not be able to handle it.

[evilbliss.livejournal.com]

RPS has been "outed" before, in Q Magazine.

And a couple of years ago Entertainment Weekly had a big spread about fanfic in general, including RPS.