Girls who “ship” two guys being together

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.themarysue.com/fetishizing-slash/

WTH is the “slash community”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess I out of touch. What does it mean to ship?

I assume that's "relationSHIP" shortened.

No, it’s short for “worship.”

When you’re talking about “ship”ink people in a relationship, it’s not about having a crush on them or fantasizing about being one of the people in that relationship, it’s about loving the relationship, the people in it, and it being the kind of relationship you want for yourself. A relationship between two guys isn’t just about the kind of sex they have, it’s also about how they show they love and care about each other, which is applicable to all relationships, not just same-sex ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.themarysue.com/fetishizing-slash/

WTH is the “slash community”?

Check out Archive of Our Own. Much better than Fanfiction.net.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I watched a documentary about this. I think it was Christine Amanpour. It’s really big in Japan among straight women. However, M/M slash fan fiction is also popular with women in the US and Britain. It’s a safe way to engage with male sexuality.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaoi

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I watched a documentary about this. I think it was Christine Amanpour. It’s really big in Japan among straight women. However, M/M slash fan fiction is also popular with women in the US and Britain. It’s a safe way to engage with male sexuality.

What? It’s females fantasizing about two straight males having sex. It has nothing to do with male sexuality. It would be similar to saying teenage boys watching female on female porn is a safe way to engage with female sexuality. It is a type of porn. It’s a fantasy. Being too obsessed with it is a bad thing...otherwise it is harmless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I watched a documentary about this. I think it was Christine Amanpour. It’s really big in Japan among straight women. However, M/M slash fan fiction is also popular with women in the US and Britain. It’s a safe way to engage with male sexuality.

What? It’s females fantasizing about two straight males having sex. It has nothing to do with male sexuality. It would be similar to saying teenage boys watching female on female porn is a safe way to engage with female sexuality. It is a type of porn. It’s a fantasy. Being too obsessed with it is a bad thing...otherwise it is harmless.

Plenty of straight teen males think they understand female sexuality based on watching porn. They aren’t correct, but it is hardly surprising teen girls would think the same about male sexuality.

[Anonymous]

Ha! I guess I was the only GenX girl who almost fainted with desire when Daniel Day Lewis’ character kissed his boyfriend on the neck in My Beautiful Laundrette. IIRC, the BF was a closeted boy from a religious community and DDL was a reformed skinhead. So hot!!! GTG now

[Anonymous]

Fandom nerd here! (Cracks knuckles)

The term “slash” began with Kirk/Spock fanfiction in the 70s, mostly written by women, and generally refers to male/male romantic relationships (notice the /). So it’s not at all new. The communities just moved from snail mail fan magazines to Usenet newsgroups to AOL to online fan forums to LiveJournal to Tumblr.

“Shipping” originated from “relationship” in the X-files fan community in the mid-90s and can refer to either hetero or same sex relationships. “Canon” relationships are actually featured on the show or in the books, but fans often “ship” characters that are not canonically together. Until recently, male/male relationships were very rarely canon. Now that gay relationships are more common on TV and in books, there are more canon gay ships. Popular non-canon M/M ships include Harry/Draco from Harry Potter and Stiles/Derek from Teen Wolf.

RPF (real person fiction) is written about real people— often the actors that play characters, boy band members, or athletes. For example, when Glee was at its height, there was a ton of fic about Chris Colfer, who played Kurt, and Darren Criss, who played Blaine. (Both were involved with long term partners, and Darren Criss is straight, but that doesn’t matter.) Pete/Patrick from Fall Out Boy is another popular pairing (also both straight in real life). Hockey RPF is also a big thing, pairing famous players romantically. People are often split in whether RPF is icky. It is a BIG no-no to send RPF to the person being written about, but people sometimes do it.

There’s also plenty of original male/male fiction bring published, often by women. There are all different genres, just like in straight romance fiction, and that includes YA.

There’s a lot of discourse on why slash appeals to so many straight women and teen girls. One theory is that it allows romance and fantasy without having to compare oneself to an idealized female that one can’t measure up to. (There’s also discussion of whether it’s appropriation/fetishization of LGBT identities/relationships.)

I’ve been reading fan fiction since I was 13ish, and slash fan fiction for ten years or so. I am a late-30s straight woman in a perfectly normal marriage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fandom nerd here! (Cracks knuckles)

The term “slash” began with Kirk/Spock fanfiction in the 70s, mostly written by women, and generally refers to male/male romantic relationships (notice the /). So it’s not at all new. The communities just moved from snail mail fan magazines to Usenet newsgroups to AOL to online fan forums to LiveJournal to Tumblr.

“Shipping” originated from “relationship” in the X-files fan community in the mid-90s and can refer to either hetero or same sex relationships. “Canon” relationships are actually featured on the show or in the books, but fans often “ship” characters that are not canonically together. Until recently, male/male relationships were very rarely canon. Now that gay relationships are more common on TV and in books, there are more canon gay ships. Popular non-canon M/M ships include Harry/Draco from Harry Potter and Stiles/Derek from Teen Wolf.

RPF (real person fiction) is written about real people— often the actors that play characters, boy band members, or athletes. For example, when Glee was at its height, there was a ton of fic about Chris Colfer, who played Kurt, and Darren Criss, who played Blaine. (Both were involved with long term partners, and Darren Criss is straight, but that doesn’t matter.) Pete/Patrick from Fall Out Boy is another popular pairing (also both straight in real life). Hockey RPF is also a big thing, pairing famous players romantically. People are often split in whether RPF is icky. It is a BIG no-no to send RPF to the person being written about, but people sometimes do it.

There’s also plenty of original male/male fiction bring published, often by women. There are all different genres, just like in straight romance fiction, and that includes YA.

There’s a lot of discourse on why slash appeals to so many straight women and teen girls. One theory is that it allows romance and fantasy without having to compare oneself to an idealized female that one can’t measure up to. (There’s also discussion of whether it’s appropriation/fetishization of LGBT identities/relationships.)

I’ve been reading fan fiction since I was 13ish, and slash fan fiction for ten years or so. I am a late-30s straight woman in a perfectly normal marriage.

Thank you. I legitimately didn't know what PPs were talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fandom nerd here! (Cracks knuckles)

The term “slash” began with Kirk/Spock fanfiction in the 70s, mostly written by women, and generally refers to male/male romantic relationships (notice the /). So it’s not at all new. The communities just moved from snail mail fan magazines to Usenet newsgroups to AOL to online fan forums to LiveJournal to Tumblr.

“Shipping” originated from “relationship” in the X-files fan community in the mid-90s and can refer to either hetero or same sex relationships. “Canon” relationships are actually featured on the show or in the books, but fans often “ship” characters that are not canonically together. Until recently, male/male relationships were very rarely canon. Now that gay relationships are more common on TV and in books, there are more canon gay ships. Popular non-canon M/M ships include Harry/Draco from Harry Potter and Stiles/Derek from Teen Wolf.

RPF (real person fiction) is written about real people— often the actors that play characters, boy band members, or athletes. For example, when Glee was at its height, there was a ton of fic about Chris Colfer, who played Kurt, and Darren Criss, who played Blaine. (Both were involved with long term partners, and Darren Criss is straight, but that doesn’t matter.) Pete/Patrick from Fall Out Boy is another popular pairing (also both straight in real life). Hockey RPF is also a big thing, pairing famous players romantically. People are often split in whether RPF is icky. It is a BIG no-no to send RPF to the person being written about, but people sometimes do it.

There’s also plenty of original male/male fiction bring published, often by women. There are all different genres, just like in straight romance fiction, and that includes YA.

There’s a lot of discourse on why slash appeals to so many straight women and teen girls. One theory is that it allows romance and fantasy without having to compare oneself to an idealized female that one can’t measure up to. (There’s also discussion of whether it’s appropriation/fetishization of LGBT identities/relationships.)

I’ve been reading fan fiction since I was 13ish, and slash fan fiction for ten years or so. I am a late-30s straight woman in a perfectly normal marriage.

Early 50's straight woman in a happy marriage (with a man) and I've been reading slash fan fiction for about 15 years.

Don't knock it till you've tried it.

[Anonymous]

How old are you?

What does this title mean using grown-up language?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How old are you?

What does this title mean using grown-up language?

Ship is in quotation marks, Granny, because that’s what these teens call it. Isn’t it time for your Geritol?

[Anonymous]

I’m old and I ship Jikook. Yesterday on Run BTS one of their members asked if they were dating on camera when the 2 were gazing at each other, gently slapping hands and giggling shyly while smiling instead of trying to push each other off a spot during a competition. Unfortunately they burst into more giggles and a clear answer was not given. Google Golden Closet Tokyo. I’m not sure why these teens are writing fanfics about their supposed sex life, but I can understand why they think they’re together.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How old are you?

What does this title mean using grown-up language?

Ship is in quotation marks, Granny, because that’s what these teens call it. Isn’t it time for your Geritol?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How old are you?

What does this title mean using grown-up language?

Ship is in quotation marks, Granny, because that’s what these teens call it. Isn’t it time for your Geritol?

I’m 48 and know what it means. I ship Stucky, no matter what Endgame says. And I’m a fairly straight woman married to a straight man.