>I'm finding supernatural fandom a bit different than SGA in some interesting ways.
No joke!
SPN fandom can be kind of... claustrophobic. I mean, it's ALL about this one pairing, and this one pairing in incestuous, made up of these two very young guys whose ENTIRE LIVES are wrapped up in each other. There are barely any cracks for other characters to slip in. These two characters are so wrapped up in each other, with no backstory apart from each other, and so few long-term connections to other people, that it can start to feel like the air is getting sucked from the room.
Which is TOTALLY NOT me dissing it. I LOVE that. That "entire lives revolving around each other," "no room for anybody else" vibe is why I buy Sam/Dean, and it doesn't feel healthy because it's NOT healthy, but since when have we ever demanded our boys be healthy?
But after that, SGA was like... this massive blast of fresh air. Dozens of characters! Dozens of pairings! 40 year old characters with marriages and families and job history apart from each other! Characters with actual deep emotional connections (no matter how inept or bizarre) to other people! A whole TEAM, not just a claustrophobic incestuous obsession! It feels so HEALTHY.
Or, that wasn't at all what you meant, in which case I would love to hear.
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Date: 2009-01-23 07:07 pm (UTC)No joke!
SPN fandom can be kind of... claustrophobic. I mean, it's ALL about this one pairing, and this one pairing in incestuous, made up of these two very young guys whose ENTIRE LIVES are wrapped up in each other. There are barely any cracks for other characters to slip in. These two characters are so wrapped up in each other, with no backstory apart from each other, and so few long-term connections to other people, that it can start to feel like the air is getting sucked from the room.
Which is TOTALLY NOT me dissing it. I LOVE that. That "entire lives revolving around each other," "no room for anybody else" vibe is why I buy Sam/Dean, and it doesn't feel healthy because it's NOT healthy, but since when have we ever demanded our boys be healthy?
But after that, SGA was like... this massive blast of fresh air. Dozens of characters! Dozens of pairings! 40 year old characters with marriages and families and job history apart from each other! Characters with actual deep emotional connections (no matter how inept or bizarre) to other people! A whole TEAM, not just a claustrophobic incestuous obsession! It feels so HEALTHY.
Or, that wasn't at all what you meant, in which case I would love to hear.