Hah, that was the kind of thing that almost traumatized me to the point of not joining fandom. It was on one of the tvtropes pages, right when I was kind of in the 'horrified fascination' stage. But I kept on reading the articles, which meant tht by the time I came across the pages that referred to the less squicky sides of fandoms, I was able to justify taking peeks at fanfic (etc) on the grounds that it was practically normal in comparison.
See, when I was but a young teenager, I really liked slash (ah sex - it's an intriguing mystery for the young!) - so I was a lurker in fandom and discovered all the sane bits myself (and more importantly, discovered that I actually did favour plot over porn). So, I was lucky in that I was drawn in by shows where the main characters WEREN'T related...so I knew that there were parts of fandom that DIDN'T do the porn thing when I joined fandoms where characters WERE related. (Because I don't care how much slash I used to read - incest just crosses a line into squick.)
...and yeah, as you say, once you see the horrific stuff, the tame stuff really is practically normal.
And isn't the Supernatural fandom filled with a ton of incest kinda stuff? It's even mentioned in canon... But sometimes there are some good fics between the icky stuff...
I don't know! Looks real to me, but I just stumbled upon it. I don't know it's origins!
And yes, Supernatural fandom is filled with incest of all sorts - but it's pretty easy to steer clear of, and as you say - there are some great non-incesty fics out there. (There are also some good incesty fics, if you are able to ignore the incest.) :P
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Date: 2010-09-22 06:58 am (UTC)...and yeah, as you say, once you see the horrific stuff, the tame stuff really is practically normal.
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Date: 2010-09-23 02:33 am (UTC)And isn't the Supernatural fandom filled with a ton of incest kinda stuff? It's even mentioned in canon... But sometimes there are some good fics between the icky stuff...
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Date: 2010-09-23 03:27 am (UTC)And yes, Supernatural fandom is filled with incest of all sorts - but it's pretty easy to steer clear of, and as you say - there are some great non-incesty fics out there. (There are also some good incesty fics, if you are able to ignore the incest.) :P