Word. And I know what you mean on the Stargate front too - that long conversation I had with the Rodney/Sheppard 'shipper helped me to remember that while I don't really see it myself, to a lot of people that's the main reason for watching the show, so who's to say canon doesn't support it? If it didn't at least on some level, would so many people see it? Interpretation is a wonderful, malleable thing.
I do wonder about Mr. Kerfuffle, and whether or not he was being deliberately provacative. From the cursory evidence, I'd say yes - the demonstrative walking out at panels, the public post, the carefully cultivated "reasonable" tone. It feels like he was hoping for furious responses that he could point to and use as evidence that slashers are crazy and/or irrational, but that's so not what he got. In general, I've been amazed at how even-handed the responses have been for such an inflammatory topic.
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Date: 2006-08-01 11:15 pm (UTC)I do wonder about Mr. Kerfuffle, and whether or not he was being deliberately provacative. From the cursory evidence, I'd say yes - the demonstrative walking out at panels, the public post, the carefully cultivated "reasonable" tone. It feels like he was hoping for furious responses that he could point to and use as evidence that slashers are crazy and/or irrational, but that's so not what he got. In general, I've been amazed at how even-handed the responses have been for such an inflammatory topic.