Poll on the Evolution of Dean/Cas fans
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mf_luder_xfSo, in becoming a full-fledged Dean/Castiel fan, I've noticed a few things. These are generalizations, I admit. There is an exception to every rule. I can say this because I am one. But, I have not seen a single person advocating both pairings the way I might. Hence, the poll.
Thing 1: Wincest fans do not like Dean/Cas. Hell, half the time, they don't even seem to like Castiel.
Thing 2: Dean/Cas fans do not like Wincest.
Me, I like both. I admit, I'm on a Dean/Cas kick, but I haven't wholly changed my allegiance (though it helps that all the eye fucking and sex/gay jokes transitioned from Sam to Castiel. What? I'm easy like that, apparently. Maybe it'll be Dean/Chuck next season...O___o).
But, I'm wondering where all the Dean/Cas lovers came from. If they all hate Wincest so much, what were they like BEFORE Castiel came along? I'm thinking the most logical explanation for those who hate Wincest but only now have an OTP is that they only joined fandom when Castiel came along. Am I right? Or has Dean/Cas wooed you away from another pairing?
[Poll #1507456]
Yes, I realize I gave you only one option. The point is to find those who are fervent Dean/Cas fans and pinpoint what they spent most of their time on. Me, I've read everything on that list (well, actually, I don't think I've ever read a Sam/John fic) and THEN some. But my main reading was Wincest. So think of what you mostly read (or didn't).
Please spread this around. I'd like more than 2 or 3 responses.
Thing 1: Wincest fans do not like Dean/Cas. Hell, half the time, they don't even seem to like Castiel.
Thing 2: Dean/Cas fans do not like Wincest.
Me, I like both. I admit, I'm on a Dean/Cas kick, but I haven't wholly changed my allegiance (though it helps that all the eye fucking and sex/gay jokes transitioned from Sam to Castiel. What? I'm easy like that, apparently. Maybe it'll be Dean/Chuck next season...O___o).
But, I'm wondering where all the Dean/Cas lovers came from. If they all hate Wincest so much, what were they like BEFORE Castiel came along? I'm thinking the most logical explanation for those who hate Wincest but only now have an OTP is that they only joined fandom when Castiel came along. Am I right? Or has Dean/Cas wooed you away from another pairing?
[Poll #1507456]
Yes, I realize I gave you only one option. The point is to find those who are fervent Dean/Cas fans and pinpoint what they spent most of their time on. Me, I've read everything on that list (well, actually, I don't think I've ever read a Sam/John fic) and THEN some. But my main reading was Wincest. So think of what you mostly read (or didn't).
Please spread this around. I'd like more than 2 or 3 responses.
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Date: 2010-01-06 04:46 am (UTC)Yes, an angel kink would help! I have a big thing for wings. Reading about an angel having sex was squicky for maybe the first two fics I read and then I quickly got over that. Wings and the power and then add Misha's awesomeness to that and WOW. I was a total sucker for Castiel.
I read your manifesto earlier, actually, and I agree with so much of it. That (combined with some comments I saw on a fic I read last night) was partly what prompted this.
And it does help to when you feel you are able to write them! I'm a HUGE conissouer of SGA fics, but have written relatively few of them because Sheppard's lack of emotions and Rodney's snappy comebacks allude me often. But I started writing an SGU fic after like 5 eps because I find them easier to express. it's not even that i relate to them any better, but they're easier for me to write. That is certainly a huge part of being in fandom and definitely of pairings.