Seriously though, do you think people were all, "Eff Kirk/Spock,obviously Bones and Spock had all the chemistry! And the tribbles?! Forgetaboutit! They were hawt!!"

Hahahahaha! Oh, the SPN fans still have the record for the most whack when it comes to anti-shipping, but Star Trek can run a pretty close second. The K/S fangirls can get pretty damn wroth at the S/U contingent that the new movie spawned. They went so far as to mount a concerted attack on a poll that asked what one thing ruined the new movie for viewers and far from it being the fact they used a brewery for the engine room of the Enterprise, they tipped the poll so that the Spock/Uhura storyline was what ruined the movie for 47% of the viewers. Really? Really? 47% of the viewers even fucking cared what ships were in the movie? The Uhura hate in the K/S contingency is really ugly, probably worse than the Ruby haters in SPN. Part of it is the adherence to the K/S ship and part is the "OMG, het? Het has cooties and will give you nasty diseases if you read/write it."

OTH, the tolerance among the folks who ship any of the 3 male characters is huge. I think Ship Wars last year went a long way in fostering diversity. I feel totally safe going in to the other ship's comms and spaces and most of my friends follow other ships than mine. We agree that all three boys are hot and any pairing is something to be admired and swooned over.

I was laughing over a rant railing against the slashiness on SPN "cheapening" the show that seemed to be coming from a homophobic place until the poster later revealed her objection was due to being a Wincest shipper.

a rant railing against the slashiness on SPN "cheapening" the show that seemed to be coming from a homophobic place until the poster later revealed her objection was due to being a Wincest shipper.

Really? First it's "ewwww, het has cooties," and then it's "keep it in the family where it belongs, people"?

I don't even know what to do with that. Except maybe back away slowly and go back to reading a J2 RPS AU I'm part-way through. Thus proving I'm in no position to make critical moral commentary.

While I have a few OTPs and DoNotWantPs in various fandoms, I just don't get the kind of rabidity that some shippers exhibit.

With SPN, while I've been intrigued enough by certain pairings (het and slash) to read or write them, shipping and fics are something I enjoy in addition to the show. It's like a tasty side dish, but it's hardly the point of the meal for me.

From some of the rants, it almost sounds like people are watching the show making little tick marks for every D/C moment vs. every D/S moment, in a way that's more than a little reminiscent of Heathcliff keeping track of how much time Cathy spent with Edgar vs. how much time she spent with him.

a little reminiscent of Heathcliff keeping track of how much time Cathy spent with Edgar vs. how much time she spent with him.

And we all know how well that ended for everyone.

And isn't Heathcliff the one who killed puppies? Is that really a character with whom to identify?

Really? First it's "ewwww, het has cooties," and then it's "keep it in the family where it belongs, people"?

Well, more like "ewww, Teh Gay has cooties," but yeah.

And we all know how well that ended for everyone.

Exactly. Also, what Calli said.

Heathcliff is indeed that guy, Calli.

So we're off next week, and then the final two episodes back to back the week after, right?

Thank god there's a seventh season, because two more episodes would not be enough (for me).

I'm chafing already at no ep next week, but Smallville will have Lex so I may watch that finale for old time's sake. It's been forever since I liked that show.

I'm kinda sad we're not getting a proper two hour event (like AHBL would have been, except why not kill us with a cliffhanger), but two eps in one night is wicked cool, even if it's the end for now.

Author still hasn't contacted me. Waiting for the reveals? I dunno.