In which fandom gives me the wiggins

[neadods]

What is it with this sudden fashion for gender-switch Sherlock stories? I swear, a good third of what's showing up on the newsletter randomly changes John or Sherlock into a female as opposed to writing them as chicks with dicks.

That just baffles me, though. What freaks me out is that I've run into two stories in as many days in which John is property. AUGH! I agree with Moffat and Gatiss; the underlying attraction of Holmes and Watson isn't the crime fighting, it's the instant friendship between them, be it written as platonic or sexual. Making one of the people in that relationship a slave to the other is a whole different, infinitely uglier dynamic no matter how much 'ship ends up slapped on top.

Also... John is not that helplessly submissive. Who did we watch kill at least two people in the show? (This is why I love the crackfic "Submission" because it sporks this trope so nicely.)

Comments

[themis1.livejournal.com]

I am heartily relieved I have you to identify the fic worth reading, as I don't have the patience to wade through all the stuff that wouldn't have been seen by anyone except the author in the days before internets. (Grumpy old woman? Probably!)

[neadods.livejournal.com]

You're not the only grumpy old woman... It's not cosmically different than any other hot fandom, really, in terms of volume & Sturegon's law, but it's a pisser when all i want is a good new story!