But how do you even know people came to Big Slash Fandom in the same way as you did? Or any fandom in the same way you did? I have a feeling (from my research, but also talking to other people) that fandoms with big non-insert het populations were also many people's "introduction" to fandom. Harry Potter, for example, comes up in a lot of my research, and a lot of people read het in that fandom without having to go through any "evolutionary" nonsense. If your first fandom is Harry Potter, which it is going to be for a lot of people our age, and you started reading Harry/Hermione but then got into Harry/Draco and then Merlin fandom and then footballslash, what is your "evolution" and "enlightenment"? Why is het necessarily a "mature" stage of fandom? (You ever read anything about Avatar: The Last Airbender fandom? Whoo boy.) I think that's the issue I'm having with your presentation of getting into het as a linear thing. Linear models of anything as subjective as fandom life is inherently flawed. You went through it this way, and now you've had some big enlightenment, great, but don't assume no one is at your level just because they're in footballslash and writing certain stories there. You're assuming that everyone act(ed) as you do, but it's also just as possible that they're writing het in a different fandom that you don't know about.
I think the lack of het in football fandom might be a combination of a lot of issues, but that you immediately went to blame the people IN the fandom rather than thinking about those issues (lack of female "characters", marginalization of women's role in football) didn't quite sit right with me. Yes, it might be that some of the people in this fandom aren't "mature" enough to be on your level, maybe that's the case for a lot of them, but it's also just as possible there's not enough women in the fandom unless you're digging into Manchester City videos. Frankly, I think that's the bigger issue.
(I don't know. It's not so much "handball fandom" and more about having to fit in with a crappy new team/not play your sport any more. And it's cool if you're not into that, of course, but if your reason for not being interested in her is because you're not interested in Per, that's a bit curious.)
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Date: 2012-05-18 09:33 pm (UTC)I think the lack of het in football fandom might be a combination of a lot of issues, but that you immediately went to blame the people IN the fandom rather than thinking about those issues (lack of female "characters", marginalization of women's role in football) didn't quite sit right with me. Yes, it might be that some of the people in this fandom aren't "mature" enough to be on your level, maybe that's the case for a lot of them, but it's also just as possible there's not enough women in the fandom unless you're digging into Manchester City videos. Frankly, I think that's the bigger issue.
(I don't know. It's not so much "handball fandom" and more about having to fit in with a crappy new team/not play your sport any more. And it's cool if you're not into that, of course, but if your reason for not being interested in her is because you're not interested in Per, that's a bit curious.)