(Well, everything I say, I can only say as a reader since I haven't written fics in forever and don't see myself ever writing again.)
I think there's a difference between sports-related fandoms and other (book, movie, tv show, etc) simply bc in many cases we don't get all that many females to choose from? I mean, in many cases, I might read only slash pairings in certain fandoms, but it's usually only one pairing that I really like, but it doesn't take away from my enjoyment of het pairings in canon. I mean, I was flailing when a guy and a girl kissed in a show I watch. But...the problem is that I get to do that. If I want to see two male characters from that same show, I have to track down fics. So, in many cases (and I can only speak for myself), it's not fair to judge people simply based on what they read online. Bc I know if you look at what I read, yeah, it's mostly slash...but that's bc I usually get to see my favorite het pairings actually happen.
The problem with something like footie (for me) is where people get their info. I only watch the games and check out articles on Barça's site. That doesn't really give me any female 'characters' for fics. So...I don't care to go out of the way to find them? I mean, I can't say that I'm opposed to it, but just that I have no feelings about females in the lives of my favorite players bc I simply don't know them, you know? Again, can't speak for everyone, but to anyone who's like me, the wives/girlfriends of players are just names. I mean, that's kinda terrible, but that's what it is. I mean, you wrote an Iker/Sara fic. I would read it. But I have basically zero info on her! (She's possibly a reporter? Or was that someone else?) So, I have no emotions regarding this pairing and for me...I like to know who I'm reading about, you know? In most cases, people like Sernando? I only found out about them bc they were a side pairing in a fic I adored. So, I had no choice but to find out about them and then I slowly started to care and ended up thinking Sernando was cute. But I didn't ever go out of my way to find out about them. So, if a fic with my favorite pairing had a side order of Iker/Sara and I slowly found out about her? I might read end up looking for fics with them.
This got a bit ramble-y and I'm not sure how much made sense...
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I think there's a difference between sports-related fandoms and other (book, movie, tv show, etc) simply bc in many cases we don't get all that many females to choose from? I mean, in many cases, I might read only slash pairings in certain fandoms, but it's usually only one pairing that I really like, but it doesn't take away from my enjoyment of het pairings in canon. I mean, I was flailing when a guy and a girl kissed in a show I watch. But...the problem is that I get to do that. If I want to see two male characters from that same show, I have to track down fics. So, in many cases (and I can only speak for myself), it's not fair to judge people simply based on what they read online. Bc I know if you look at what I read, yeah, it's mostly slash...but that's bc I usually get to see my favorite het pairings actually happen.
The problem with something like footie (for me) is where people get their info. I only watch the games and check out articles on Barça's site. That doesn't really give me any female 'characters' for fics. So...I don't care to go out of the way to find them? I mean, I can't say that I'm opposed to it, but just that I have no feelings about females in the lives of my favorite players bc I simply don't know them, you know? Again, can't speak for everyone, but to anyone who's like me, the wives/girlfriends of players are just names. I mean, that's kinda terrible, but that's what it is. I mean, you wrote an Iker/Sara fic. I would read it. But I have basically zero info on her! (She's possibly a reporter? Or was that someone else?) So, I have no emotions regarding this pairing and for me...I like to know who I'm reading about, you know? In most cases, people like Sernando? I only found out about them bc they were a side pairing in a fic I adored. So, I had no choice but to find out about them and then I slowly started to care and ended up thinking Sernando was cute. But I didn't ever go out of my way to find out about them. So, if a fic with my favorite pairing had a side order of Iker/Sara and I slowly found out about her? I might read end up looking for fics with them.
This got a bit ramble-y and I'm not sure how much made sense...