This isn't universal, but there is a tendency for fanfic meta by women who write erotic m/m slash to act as if that's the only form of fanfic that is really interesting, and at best to say "Oh, yes, I guess this a lot of this applies to femslash/gen/non-porny m/m slash etc too" or "Except for femslash/gen/non-porny m/m slash, I guess, if you like that sort of thing" as appropriate when prompted(*). I don't know how much of this irritation is the result of a few bad apples and how much a more pervasive problem with m/m slash fandom, and I certainly don't mean to paint you all with the same brush. But it REALLY bugs me.
I like (erotic) m/m slash, but I THINK THIS ALL THE TIME. I actually got into fandom via het (and a bit of gen), and when I found slash fandom I was all "woah! not heteronormative! awesome!" except without "heteronormative" because I didn't know that word at age 14, and then I started getting really irritated by the "m/m is just more SUBVERSIVE and HOT and BETTER than everything else" and then I slowly built around me a fannish circle with broader tastes. So I sometimes forget that there are still huge chunks of slash fandom like that. And it is such a problem.
So <3!
(Also, I love that you do fancomics and they are smart and awesome. Love love love. Fandom needs moar comics!)
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This isn't universal, but there is a tendency for fanfic meta by women who write erotic m/m slash to act as if that's the only form of fanfic that is really interesting, and at best to say "Oh, yes, I guess this a lot of this applies to femslash/gen/non-porny m/m slash etc too" or "Except for femslash/gen/non-porny m/m slash, I guess, if you like that sort of thing" as appropriate when prompted(*). I don't know how much of this irritation is the result of a few bad apples and how much a more pervasive problem with m/m slash fandom, and I certainly don't mean to paint you all with the same brush. But it REALLY bugs me.
I like (erotic) m/m slash, but I THINK THIS ALL THE TIME. I actually got into fandom via het (and a bit of gen), and when I found slash fandom I was all "woah! not heteronormative! awesome!" except without "heteronormative" because I didn't know that word at age 14, and then I started getting really irritated by the "m/m is just more SUBVERSIVE and HOT and BETTER than everything else" and then I slowly built around me a fannish circle with broader tastes. So I sometimes forget that there are still huge chunks of slash fandom like that. And it is such a problem.
So <3!
(Also, I love that you do fancomics and they are smart and awesome. Love love love. Fandom needs moar comics!)