Fandom traits that fandom finds adorable/sexy/forgivable in male characters, in female characters lead to Mary Sue accusations and the aforementioned bashing.
I've noticed that. It's one of my issues with fandom. Discovered in the Buffy fandom - the number of fanfics that felt the need to weaken Buffy was alarming, the fact that they were written by women, more so. And Willow/Fred were constantly listed as Mary Sues, while Giles/Wesley who had similar attributes were not.
Saw it in BSG as well - the bashing that Laura Roslyn, Athena, and Starbuck got...was insane.
I remember having a rather vehement debate on a posting board back in the day, with a woman, about Buffy - and it turned into a fight about women's roles. Apparently she was defensive about being a navy wife, with no more than a high school education, and a mother - she felt that I was putting her down for that. I wasn't. I was merely stating that this is not the only role women have nor should it be.
From dipping my toes in Sci-Fi fandom, it definitely has a different vibe from media fandom. I'm not sure why that is.
The Trioka, Warren/Andrew and Jonathan is an excellent satirical take on the male sci-fantasy fandom. A lot of them are like that. Certainly were when I was in college and in every comic book/sci-fantasy book store that I have been in. It's why I always kept my sci-fantasy fetish to myself in school and didn't try to join the guys.
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I've noticed that. It's one of my issues with fandom. Discovered in the Buffy fandom - the number of fanfics that felt the need to weaken Buffy was alarming, the fact that they were written by women, more so. And Willow/Fred were constantly listed as Mary Sues, while Giles/Wesley who had similar attributes were not.
Saw it in BSG as well - the bashing that Laura Roslyn, Athena, and Starbuck got...was insane.
I remember having a rather vehement debate on a posting board back in the day, with a woman, about Buffy - and it turned into a fight about women's roles. Apparently she was defensive about being a navy wife, with no more than a high school education, and a mother - she felt that I was putting her down for that. I wasn't. I was merely stating that this is not the only role women have nor should it be.
From dipping my toes in Sci-Fi fandom, it definitely has a different vibe from media fandom. I'm not sure why that is.
The Trioka, Warren/Andrew and Jonathan is an excellent satirical take on the male sci-fantasy fandom. A lot of them are like that. Certainly were when I was in college and in every comic book/sci-fantasy book store that I have been in. It's why I always kept my sci-fantasy fetish to myself in school and didn't try to join the guys.