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Sadly I think I fall in the "SRS BIZNEZZ" category of TF fandom, as I take a lot of things too seriously.

Some fandom I can take seriously. Jokes I can take ok. Though I have problems coping with slash. Why? I'm not sure. Perhaps because I don't share the female mentality that is behind love of slash. (face it, almost all gay pairings are founded by girls/women in TF.). This is something I've tried my hardest to get used to, because I know if I say anything, I'll be labeled a "gay hater". Extreme sounding as it is, I have been called that before.

fangry? hmm.. Sadly, again, this is slash-related. Mostly because of how froth-at-the-mouth slashers can be. They get shoved in my face, and I'm expected to like it, despite how I feel about slash, and if I don't, HO SH%#!@$! HITTIN' THE FAN NOW BOY-OH. I wish I were exaggerating. But I'm not. My girlfriend actually had her DA profile attacked by people who didn't like the fact that she was drawing Starscream with a fem instead of slobbering all over Megatron or whatever.

That reason, and the fact that I have received angry notes via DA, have sort of soured me to the presence of Slash. I have friends who are into it, but I've made it clear that I don't want to talk about it.

What new trends in fandom/franchises do I wish were never born? Hmm... I think the trend of... you guessed it, Slash. I'm sorry, but giant gay robots? Come oooooooon. neutral

Oh, and Beast Machines. DID NOT WANT. Cybertron does NOT have a gooey layer of organic nougat. NO.

I allow for a little variation here and there. Nothing crazy though. I don't like to deviate too much from the norm... my OCs are almost never even on the MarySue radar, I choose to focus on their own story instead of trying to superimpose them into mainstream storylines. (though stuff that happens in their storyline might be related to the main storyline, though usually only the big happenings).

Cannon pairings... Yes and no. Yes for the major ones (i.e. Optimus and Elita, Ironhide and Chromia, etc. etc.), but of course, some that aren't paired might get someone special (like Rattrap, though in my little world, BEAST MACHINES DID NOT HAPPEN), Some might not. Depends on my mood. Though I make both fem and mech OCs, that does not mean that all fems are paired necessarily.

And it's not like there aren't vehicle modes that fems could use. Hell, Stryka was TECHNICALLY female, and look at her. o.O She's like the Female Bowser of the Decepticons.

Ha-ha, Nintendo.

That's pretty much universal whether it involves TFs or not.



Eh. It wasn't that bad. There's some good stuff before it gets to the end. Just tell yourself it splits into a tangent universe between BW and BM and ignore the final arc.

how seriosly do you take the series/franchies and fandom:eh i take it ok... its just when people say mean things about it i get very serious...but on a sale from 1-10 i take it to 5 cause i do complain about beast wars and some other stuff
is there anything in the fandom that pisses you off?:yes. kiss players and people who think starscream is gay with megatron! evil (they're slaggin enemies 4 primus's sake! )
what fandoms do you wish were never born: megatronxscreamer,soundwavexscreamer,megatronxskywarp yaoi burning_eyes (its scary!) but other than that i like most slash..(specially tcxwarpxscreamer slash sry! can help but <3 that couple)
only cannon pairings for you or r u deviant?:if you mean deviant like devianart then i like both... (some pairings someone made up or just pairings by cannon r alright 2 me unless they're not like megs raping screamer)

Slash doesn't mean yaoi and yuri.

Slash means ANY romantic pairing or "shipping". One Character/Another Character. The (slash) between paired characters is why it's called slash.

According to the first link, I'm simply using an outdated meaning. Oh well. xd

To a degree, I acknowledge that and realize it exists at that way. Yet, to another degree -- it doesn't really matter if they do or don't have genders. I believe they don't because they're giant robots. They might have certain depicted genitalia that belongs to one sex or another, but in the end they aren't real and they're transportation vehicles.

They're machines, they're metal... wires, and much more. Yet we also gender-place our own cars, but even still it doesn't really have that gender -- it's just something we picked. Yes, humans made Transformers have some sort of gender because it can allow us to relate them better.

I respect that, Canonly ...canon... D8 WHATEVER it is! Haha, that they have genders. Yet, in my mind -- they do not and they stay that way. Transformers needs to make more femmes anyway, there's like... what? 10 of them maybe, if that?

<3

Thank you for sharing your opinion and evidence, I do respect it.

Well yes, they're intelligent beings, but to e completely honest they are modes of transportation -- some are just other electronic devices. They aren't real, thus I see no reason to get my knickers in a bunch -- if you catch my drift. I let people like what they like, I respect their opinion and I just turn the other cheek.

There are certain things I don't like per-say, in other fandoms and even this one! Yet, it boils down to -- it's not reality and just because someone is ruining your outlook, doesn't mean you have to pressure them or harass them to look at your own as well. In the end, you're doing neither, just stating your own general opinion without pushing it on me -- but at the same time, we could go on and on about this.

It will get no where.
I respect how you feel, but I expect the same respect from die-hard Transformers fans. I am a die-hard Transformer fan, but I don't always think everything is 100% right and/or should be one way or the other. I accept things as they are in the series, but I can certainly change them outside of it. I like variety, there aren't many femmes to pair up with mechs anyway... and I rarely like any of the femmes. My only true likes are Arcee's, Red Alert [ Animated ], and Blackarachnia... and Sari if you count her as one.

If they had more females to begin with, maybe the female side of the populace wouldn't feel the need to pair Optimus and.. I dunno Ratchet or Ratchet and Wheeljack. So on so fourth, you get my point. Yet, in the end, there will always be ones who like slash and ones who don't.

Arguing it out won't help either.
Stating opinions won't help it either.

In the end, each one has their own opinion and/or thought-process.
Respecting it and not getting your panties in a bunch over it can help greatly in the long run.

[ not saying you're frazzled, but I'm just stating in general. <3 ]