welcome to the master plan

I love fandom. I love it in the general sense, the basic idea of people with a common interest coming together in the spirit of community and creativity. I've been in many fandoms over the past 10+ years, and I've seen a lot. I've seen talent and joy, love and support. I've also seen drama and wank and hatefulness. It's always going to be a mixed bag - that's just life. But I do think that there are some basic truths to what we do that apply to everyone, and sometimes people need to be reminded.

I don't profess to be in charge of anything, and what I say here is my opinion alone. Take it or leave it as you see fit.

You will also notice that fandom, for me, is ALWAYS about fic at heart. Adam fandom seems to be quite an anomaly in this respect, and some of what I've seen there is what inspired me to make this post.

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Yes, still sick. Not as sick, mainly just coughing still, but my god is it an annoying cough.

BUT! Of course I had to make a post when Jared's engagement was confirmed, FINALLY, after being rumored for months.

And...I kind of don't really care. At all. I mean, yeah, I want the best for him and hope he's happy, but as to how it effects my shipping of the boys? Not in the slightest.

You see, I have a long history with RPS, and more often than not there are girlfriends, wives, kids in the picture. My RPS ships have included plenty of marrieds: John Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Roger Federer, John Barrowman, and oh so many wrestlers, just to name a few. Generally, I simply don't care. I just ignore the relationship in favor of the one I prefer to imagine.

And that's what I think is going to happen in this case. The boys will get married, some of the crazier fans will lose their shit and probably disappear, and then we'll go on shipping just as we've always done.

I talked about this when Jen's engagement came out. The SPN fandom is fucking spoiled as hell. It's incredibly rare to have a real-life ship like this with both people completely single and unattached. We need to get over ourselves and join the rest of the fandom world by accepting the obstacles and working around them.

So that's pretty much all I have to say on that. LONG LIVE J2!!!

Also, I'm totally watching Phantom Traveler on TNT right now, and OMG HOW COMPLETELY IN LOVE ARE THOSE BOYS? THEY PRACTICALLY MAKE THE SCREEN VIBRATE WITH THEIR CRAZY CRAZY CHEMISTRY. *HUGS THEM*

Mmm...new RPS to play with! The CW OT4: Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Michael Rosenbaum and Tom Welling. All on Smallville at one time, but I wasn't at all interested in the J's until they left for Supernatural. Now...I just want them all to jump into bed together, in any combination. And I want to see their characters bleeding over into reality, because I totally think that would happen when you play a long-term role.

God damn it. Now I have to write that fic!

I seriously cannot believe how slashy the CW is without meaning to be. I mean, come ON. Smallville and Supernatural are some of the ho!yay-iest shows EVER. Somebody is behind all this, and I have a theory that the actors have more than a little to do with it.... *evil smirk*