I think my main quibble is the assertion that incest as a plotpoint of fiction marks fandom as being outside the mainstream, like there is no published fiction on this topic. I hate to always be the one in the audience screeching "Flowers in the Attic!" but seriously, this was well-travelled ground long before the Eppes brothers or the Winchesters hit our screens. (And then there's anime, which is a whole topic unto itself.)
I just... we didn't make this up, not to be "edgy" or for any other reason. The trope was already out there, some of us are just choosing to run with it within the scope of fanfic.
*sigh* Kneejerk reactionism off. It's a very good essay, laying out good information on difficult topics and, incidentally, put a name to something I didn't have a name for before. *wince*
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Date: 2007-06-08 12:43 am (UTC)I just... we didn't make this up, not to be "edgy" or for any other reason. The trope was already out there, some of us are just choosing to run with it within the scope of fanfic.
*sigh* Kneejerk reactionism off. It's a very good essay, laying out good information on difficult topics and, incidentally, put a name to something I didn't have a name for before. *wince*