the bavarian citrus sled

profoundboner:

Yeah, so this is exactly what it sounds like. I’m doing a survey to look for “clustered” fandom opinions and how they relate to social opinions.

• This survey takes around five minutes to complete, ten at most, and includes questions on shipping and such as well social issues.
• There’s only one ship-specific question. All you’re asked to do is pick out which pairings you like from a list, if any.
• You don’t need to read or write fic to answer. I’d love for anyone in fandom to participate!
• I’ll most likely post the results and interpretation a couple of weeks from now.
• Possible trigger warning for discussion of non-con.

Spread the word!

jawdust:

Okay, Sera. Here’s the problem I have with you - you’ve just leapt from being a closed-minded writer to a closed-minded human being. Way to completely ignore and undermine the fluidity of sexuality. Way to ignore Dean’s casual flirtation with men. Way to ignore the significance of the masculine relationships in his life and the continual failure of his feminine relationships. Way to ignore Dean’s entire CHARACTER as a kid constantly striving to replace his negligent father with strong, fulfilling male figures. More importantly, way to eliminate bisexuality and pansexuality from the fucking spectrum! 

You don’t understand the show you’re running. You don’t understand the characters you’re writing for. And, tossing my shipper’s agenda and slash goggles aside, if you genuinely believe that Dean’s past sexual relationships with women serve to eliminate the possibility of a future romantic relationship with a man, then you don’t understand life. Our understanding of sexuality has evolved in the last couple of decades to accept that ‘liking women’ and ‘liking men’ are not mutually exclusive statements. So thanks, Sera, thanks a lot for reducing something as wonderfully rich and complex as sexuality to naive binaries - it’s comforting to know this show is being run from such an informed and progressive viewpoint.