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Fan(fic) Service 28w
As a lesbian I wish fandom wasn’t so male centered :(
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Anonymous 28w

Real. Why are the lesbians always a side ship, if they’re even present?

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Anonymous 27w

fucking THANK YOU oh my god

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Anonymous 27w

I think it’s because male characters are generally more popular/well written to attract the female audience vs. the male, and women do a lot more fandom creation too. Most popular ships are gay but for a show like Avatar where everyone is great, the most popular ships are straight.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 27w

that said there are a few fandoms I can think of where a plurality if not an outright majority of fics are wlw: Worm/Parahumans Orphan Black The 100 The Locked Tomb

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 27w

And like. what's up with people posting literal cishet men and saying "they're butches to me" NO that is a MAN he has a BEARD if you want women there are great female characters right here! or just acknowledge that you're attracted to this man in a straight way instead of trying to queerwash your attraction somehow! god!

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 27w

like be fucking for real travis yellowjackets is not a lesbian (and that show has so many good lesbians to choose from anyway?!?) alexander hamilton is not a woman. anakin skywalker is not a dyke

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 27w

Imma be so honest I’ve never seen anyone call anakin a dyke (probably bc I hate that bitch) but I can believe it. There’s a difference between thinking a character is queer and like. Feeling like you can’t like one that isn’t queer so saying they are. If that makes sense

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 27w

I LOVE the locked tomb! I haven’t heard of word/parabumans but I’ll look into it!

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 27w

No you're so right, people will do ANYTHING to avoid talking about actual lesbians. You mentored Yellowjackets, so I'll go off on a tangent, I HATE that taivan, the canon lesbian couple gets less attention than non canon ships like javkieshauna and such :( taivan is so peak!! Idk why people refuse to give any love (jk I know why it just makes me mad)

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 27w

Personally I’m also in the throes of catardora lmao but there’s also a lot of good caitvi out there, unfortunately you will have to brave the jay ik shippers (SCREAM) the same goes for ronance, lots of great stuff out there but men to deal with :/

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 27w

Worm is great bc there are like 200 characters and maybe six of them are even semi-interesting men and the fandom just doesn't even care about them. But it's also terrible because a lot of the older fics are just genuinely awful and normalize a bunch of terrible viewpoints. Like tbh I'd avoid most pre-2020 stuff.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 27w

That being said, I agree wholeheartedly we need more lesbians

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