Where is the love, y'all?

[aruan]

All this "can't tell anyone what to like" and "keep your pairing squee to yourself" talk is baffling me. I wasn't around for the JuC/Bassez true believers conflict, but I understand that was long eons ago and I'd hope none of the remaining irrational and rabid fans on either side are circulating around polite society anymore and that people have since chosen to conduct themselves in the kind of egalitarian way that seems to be the spirit behind the pairings being written, the distribution of which seems ever-surprisingly fair. Woo, they grabbed hands - that does not for an official One True Pairing make. Is that what people are saying and why everyone else is up in arms? *scratches head* Joey and Chris rassled at Challenge, I've got about 2083495723 pictures of Joey and Lance in various stages of groping each other, another 2103432532 of Justin and JC making eyes, etc. Seriously, yo, one of my first remarks about the fandom was how cool it is that there are ten pairings and that all of them are being written (with extrapolatable canonic basis, too.) I thought we were past vilifying each other based on pairing preferences.

As for Bassez specifically, I was once of the mind that it was mostly a pairing wallowing in pretty and hot sex and nothing approaching practical, but that's the kind of narrow-mindedness that being widely-read demolishes. Seriously, it's all about finding good writers who love their subjects.

In other news, oh my god! This eggnog stuff is downright fantastic! I've been missing out on this for twelve years? *boggles*

McKeen said my hot button phrase during the lecture on Rolling Stone today, "disposable music," which stirred up all kinds of things so I cornered Al during his lunch hour and we had a great chat about Britney and Prince and Marvin Gaye and The Beatles and the legitimacy of pop(ular, and it's so unfortunate that people forget that that's what it actually stands for) music as a cultural influence. I'm still digesting most of it, and it might evolve into something else beyond the two-page feature on Brit's album I'm working on.

Comments

[timberho.livejournal.com]

Let me guess. The JuC people are pissed about the latest Bassez comments because of sunday night?

Good lord people.. lol

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

Now now, I did not point fingers or place blame. Also, I happen to be both a JuC and Bassez person (though admittedly more the former, but I read the latter eagerly). However, I also have many Choey people on my list, which I almost never read save for Rhys - I do not, however, have any animosity toward any of the pairings and certainly not anyone because of their particular preference. It baffles me that people would hate a pairing to the point where they'd tell people who squee when such a cool bit of canon comes along to keep it to themselves.

I just keep hoping against hope that no one's taking things quite this seriously. Maybe I'm too laissez-faire.

[timberho.livejournal.com]

I wasn't placing blame! :)

Just making an observation..lol

I agree with you 100%