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

[disutansu.livejournal.com]

I don't know exactly where I stand with RPS. On one hand, I would never slash any two celebrities together but it's a bit easier for me to swallow if they were slashing actors of my OTP (i.e. the Inui and Kaidoh actors of the musical). Because I can easily slip back into the fictional characters and read a story with them in mind. But then again, I'm not comfortable with slashing people from real-life movies (even gay ones where they are portrayed together) when they're not in-character. Ultimately, I think that is why I can/cannot see RPS. If they're in-character, it's okay. If it's real life, then... I'd have a more respect of their personal life. -.-

[katikat.livejournal.com]

You know, I really don't like it at all. I the author likes the actor, why can't they write fanfiction. Even that's illegal but at least it doesn't offend as much :(