Pet peeve

[katikat]

These days, I read everything. Slash or gen, death stories or PWPs, I don't care as long as they are well written. Though there is still this one thing that I can't overcome - Real People Slash, the greatest pet peeve of mine.

For me, it's one thing to slash the characters of a show - TV series/movie/anime/whatever - but it's something completely different to slash living, breathing people who can go online and read about how they did it like bunnies with their co-star *shudders* I know that there are actors who are uncomfortable with their fans slashing their characters (Eric Close to name just one of them). I can't even imagine how they would react to RPS.

When I'm talking about RPS, I have one particular in mind - Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki from Supernatural. I can see Padalecki laughing it off but not Ackles. Jensen Ackles comes from a very religious family and as he himself admitted, some members of that family don't like him even doing a show like SPN. I can't even imagine how they would react if they stumbled across a RPS story with him. I think that it would make him at least uncomfortable.

When I'm about to do something that would influence other people, I try to set myself in their position and not do anything that would make me uncomfortable. And I would really hate to read a story where I'm going at it with for example a neighbour of mine. Some people who read these stories actually believe this stuff.

So, for my own peace of mind, I'll continue skipping RPS stories. I'm sorry if I ruffled someone's feathers but that's something that I'm very convinced of.

Comments

[keire-ke.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with you. I've never been able to read nevermind write RPS. Then again, I'm not even keen on tabloids, so I'm probably not the greatest example. Seriously, I understand if people want to fantasize about Jensen Ackles, he's beyond hot, but you've got a gazillion characters wearing his face, with personalities one can actually know!

[katikat.livejournal.com]

Exactly. There are lotsa characters that Jensen Ackles played that one can write about. I especially loved him as Alec in Dark Angel and now in Supernatural. In Smallville, he was kind of bland - maybe it was because they didn't actually know what to do with his character; or maybe because he played the love interest of Lana :P But Alec and Dean are amazing to play with!