I actually think er. *Knowing* these tendencies, Uhura has done astonishingly well, given that she got in the middle of the fannish OTP to end all OTPs.
Which is not to say this behavior is not wrong. But I'm glad it isn't worse! I actually think ficcing fandom has (on average) gotten better about this over the twelve years I've been around here.
She isn't getting a *tenth* of the hate I've seen aimed Sam Carter or Elizabeth Weir. And I say this as a slasher who never shipped them with anyone! Given the *huge* cultural weight behind K/S, I'm really glad at how many slash and het fans are pro-Uhura.
On McCoy's ex, I don't have a problem with them having a messy divorce (heavily implied canon!) or really disliking each other now (pretty common in messy divorces!), but making her a cartoon villain is ridiculous and messed up.
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Date: 2009-06-27 04:03 am (UTC)I actually think er. *Knowing* these tendencies, Uhura has done astonishingly well, given that she got in the middle of the fannish OTP to end all OTPs.
Which is not to say this behavior is not wrong. But I'm glad it isn't worse! I actually think ficcing fandom has (on average) gotten better about this over the twelve years I've been around here.
She isn't getting a *tenth* of the hate I've seen aimed Sam Carter or Elizabeth Weir. And I say this as a slasher who never shipped them with anyone! Given the *huge* cultural weight behind K/S, I'm really glad at how many slash and het fans are pro-Uhura.
On McCoy's ex, I don't have a problem with them having a messy divorce (heavily implied canon!) or really disliking each other now (pretty common in messy divorces!), but making her a cartoon villain is ridiculous and messed up.