I am abashed to admit this, but I was actually both disarmed and charmed by this Sulu/Chekov piece. Dude, it's mpreg. Which I don't read. I dunno, man. Don't judge me.

And then there's the NuTrek seder. Very educational. And hilarious.

Don't judge me.

Hee. Never! If you like Sulu/Chekov, you might want to try this one: [link] It's a very sweet, hurt/comfort, PWP. I don't read or rec much of this pair, I find most writers tend to infantilize Chekov beyond belief. This one treats them both in a very adult, respectful, loving way.

Oh that's very sweet. Thanks for the link!

Completely, utterly, wonderfully awesome TW fic here: [link]

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Okay, I know I'm being cranky and that most people in fandom will not agree with me, but: I think it's time to officially separate the Supernatural fanfic from the RPS fanfic. The two types of fiction have absolutely nothing in common, other than the fact that JA looks kind of like Dean, and JP resembles Sam. The Supernatural fic (almost always) concerns cases and "ghoulies and ghosties and long-legged beasties, and things that go bump in the night." The RPS fic concerns... well, I'm not entirely sure, as I don't read RPS, but I know it stars the entire realm of CW stars and starlets as well as JP and JA. The two kinds of stories have no common ground. So that SPN Newsletter could be split in two - one for SPN, one for RPS. At the very least the Big Bang fics could be tagged as either SPN or RPS, so those of us looking for one or the other could find them more easily.

This rant was inspired by this month's reccer for SPN Roundtable, who chose Chad Michael Murray as her theme, and recced all stories about Chad. Who has absolutely fucking nothing to do with Supernatural.

I confess, I have been thinking much the same thing, since getting involved in SPN fandom. I've never been in a fandom where the RPS was so inextricably interwoven with the actual fanfic. And it boggles my mind.

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Well, no, it doesn't totally boggle my mind. I am presuming that an awful lot of readers/writers just want to play Their-heads-are-pasted-on-yay! porn, and that it doesn't matter whether the individuals engaged in said shagging are labeled 'Sam and Dean' or 'Jensen and Jared', because the key thing is visualising the hot nekkid manflesh? I guess?

Eh, SPN fans. They either ship Incest, RPS or Blasphemy.

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They either ship Incest, RPS or Blasphemy.

That strikes me as the most appalling FCM ever.

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F (w)incest, C RPS, M blasphemy

Morgana, there's lots of comms that are just for one or the other. Though I agree that Big Bang fics should always, always be well-tagged.

(Also, F RPS, C incest, M blasphemy.)

I am presuming that an awful lot of readers/writers just want to play Their-heads-are-pasted-on-yay! porn, and that it doesn't matter whether the individuals engaged in said shagging are labeled 'Sam and Dean' or 'Jensen and Jared', because the key thing is visualising the hot nekkid manflesh? I guess?

Eh, not so much? I mean, I read a fair amount of CW RPF, and a: some of it is, in fact, gen; b: much of it is, in fact, not porn (though a lot of it is romance).

I mean, there are obviously a number of factors that make it a popular fandom for RPF for writers who are invested in the actual product, and yes, the incest squick probably had something to do with the number of writers who enjoyed the show who went the RPF route, but it's really not just a matter of slashing hot bodies. If it were, you'd see more RPF integration in more fandoms. There's a particular kind of alchemy behind it that I could explain at length with hand gestures and a couple of gin and tonics.

Note of disclaimer: I have written CWRPS. It was all, err, Chad Michael Murray and K-Fed. It seemed like a good idea at the time, though I can't remember why that was so.