On shipping, my way.
Jul. 14th, 2005 01:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jlhI've heard there are ship wars and people taking pledges and other smears on the good name of those who might want to write nice little romantic fanfics.
Needless to say, I'm quite put out.
My own ship, my OTP, my "let's pimp this out", the ship whose comm I'm a most proud member, is of course Seamus/Dean. I can't even begin to imagine that it would ever happen in canon. Therefore, I'm not taking the shipper pledge or whatever the hell, because if I pitch a fit because there's no Seamus/Dean snogs in canon, I've got bigger problems.
I like writing Harry/Hermione. I like reading Harry/Hermione. I really could give a shit if it happens in canon and frankly, I don't expect it. For that matter, I don't expect most of the ships I write (Draco/Ginny, Ron/Padma, among others) to turn up in canon. I just like to write and to read them.
I don't judge a fic by how well it predicts canon and I'm not sure that as a whole the fandom does, either. I mean, the ones who really got it right with OotP were all those love/hate James/Lily shippers, and it's not like that ship really exploded, or they got to run around yammering about how right they turned out to be.
I also don't think that "it won't happen in canon" is a valid slam on a fic, or a reason to not write a ship. I don't think those who choose to write a non-canon ship are being disrespectful to JKR. Subversive, maybe, but not disrespectful. I resent, very much, the implication that anything that one might want to write that isn't 100% plausible in canon is just so much rubbish.
This isn't the most coherent shipping essay I could have written—it's late, I've been at work too long, and mostly I just don't care. But I'm really, really tired of feeling defensive because really stupid people are saying really stupid things, and I don't give a shit. I'm writing what I want, reading what I want, and using my icons. And fuck you, frankly, if you don't like it; I will not continue to be disrespected.
Needless to say, I'm quite put out.
My own ship, my OTP, my "let's pimp this out", the ship whose comm I'm a most proud member, is of course Seamus/Dean. I can't even begin to imagine that it would ever happen in canon. Therefore, I'm not taking the shipper pledge or whatever the hell, because if I pitch a fit because there's no Seamus/Dean snogs in canon, I've got bigger problems.
I like writing Harry/Hermione. I like reading Harry/Hermione. I really could give a shit if it happens in canon and frankly, I don't expect it. For that matter, I don't expect most of the ships I write (Draco/Ginny, Ron/Padma, among others) to turn up in canon. I just like to write and to read them.
I don't judge a fic by how well it predicts canon and I'm not sure that as a whole the fandom does, either. I mean, the ones who really got it right with OotP were all those love/hate James/Lily shippers, and it's not like that ship really exploded, or they got to run around yammering about how right they turned out to be.
I also don't think that "it won't happen in canon" is a valid slam on a fic, or a reason to not write a ship. I don't think those who choose to write a non-canon ship are being disrespectful to JKR. Subversive, maybe, but not disrespectful. I resent, very much, the implication that anything that one might want to write that isn't 100% plausible in canon is just so much rubbish.
This isn't the most coherent shipping essay I could have written—it's late, I've been at work too long, and mostly I just don't care. But I'm really, really tired of feeling defensive because really stupid people are saying really stupid things, and I don't give a shit. I'm writing what I want, reading what I want, and using my icons. And fuck you, frankly, if you don't like it; I will not continue to be disrespected.
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Date: 2005-07-14 06:45 pm (UTC)And, well, it would certainly be *nice* if Remus/Sirius were canon someday, but I don't expect it and I'll do fine without it. Not the point of the books.