And with good reason actually. Chances are you are one or really any number of the following:
1) A teenage girl who doodles their names and pastes cut out pictures of them all over your notebooks and goes on line to gossip about them, their girlfriends, their ex girlfriends, and spew all manner of crazy, unhinged, horribly misspelled, declarations of devotion as well as promote yourself as The Sacred Decrier of all Those Who Might Call Their Sexuality Into Question. Because "BDEN AND RYRO CANNOTT BEE HOMOFAGS BCUXZ THAY IZ MINEZ!" thus making the situation way worse.
2) A teenage girl who isn't exactly as maniacal but still comes to the shows thus, hurting their credibility with the type of audience they think they should have.
3) A reporter, whose only goal in life, besides patronizing them and asking the same 6 questions of them that every other interviewer asks, is to get into their heads and make them say things that can later be twisted horribly and printed for mass consumption, scrutiny, and/or contempt.
4) In another band who is "fueled by ramen" in a totally non ironic way because you really can only sustain yourselves on the yummy, salty, soup like noodley meals that cost like 1 and a half cent each; who drives around in an old smelly van from venue to venue trying to build a name for yourself and your little band; and who has nothing but vitriol to spew about Panic! for hitting it big after one single and the blessings of Pete Wentz (whom you used to harbor a total boy crush on back when FOB was largely unknown and "real, ya know?" whom you now hate because they've gotten successful and now they’re all "Hollywood and corporate, and bullshit!")
or lastly
5) A fan maybe part of the demographic in #2, maybe not, that writes long torid pros about all the gay sex that you imagine them having with each other, Fall Out Boy, and various other auxiliary guest performers such as Oli Sykes from "Bring Me The Horizon" or their one time tour manager Jack Marin. Perhaps Gerard (l) or Frank (r) from My Chem.
I've already revealed that I am in that latter group and quite frankly, there is no reason on Earth that I should expect anything but seething hatred from their quarter. What makes it so bad is that not only do I write lovingly crafted pornography about them, I write it in the journal that I got from inside their box set! Thanks guys! *blows kisses* Anyway, yah, Ryan is none to pleased about the misappropriation of their names and likenesses and histories in our bawdy literary pursuits. He thinks it's "kinda sick". Oh Ryan. So cute. So talented. So very dumb. Slash has been around since Spock and Kirk first were battling foam rubber aliens on moons of Styrofoam and Paper Mache. If it's good enough for them than it's good enough for you damnit! Slash writers are a pretty well adjusted and normal bunch if the two fandoms in which I've participated are any indication.
Brendon at one point expressed his utter consternation about the "gay rumors on the internet". I think he referenced slash too but I forget. Geez where the FUCK could people have gotten such a spurious impression?
Ummm yah.
So here we are. Panic! is on hiatus making a new album and still I can't get these little homos off my mind. They're all so cute! - Okay first off, before I go on - I don't actually think any of the members of the ACTUAL band are ACTUALLY gay. That's not how -as a slash writer - I work. Lemme 'xsplain: I do not know any of the boys I write fic(tion) about. I have no clue what their sexual orientation is besides what they tell me and the rest of the world in their interviews, and although none of them have said they are strait, Ryan did say they were not gay. There is a distinction there because we still have the full spectrum of both bisexuality and heteroflexiblity to play with, buuuut for the sake of argument, let's just assume Ryan meant that all four boys are strait. I can accept that. I actually pretty much believe that but I don't write about the REAL boys. How could I? I'm no biographer and as I said, I don't know them. I have used their public image to create elaborate characters (I try to be vague or in some cases, way avoidy about certain aspects of their lives.)
Slash is fun! There is a built in audience. There is all manner of interesting events and behavior to interpret. It's just a joy. I've met good friends through slash. It's my hobby and I luvsit! I even find their fan!hate delightful. They say they are appreciative of the fans and I think that they are to a certain extent. I mean three high school outcasts (I never get the impression that Jon was one) having access to all manner of punanny at any given time, who are beloved by millions? Of course they appreciate it. But we also, smother and break them with our adulation like a child might crush a butterfly by holding it too tight.
So sorry Ryan, and Panic! At The Disco for my part in bending your beautiful wings but it's just so necessary when you do shit like this!
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Panic! At The Disco Hate You
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2 comments:
This is the sanest description of real person slash fanfiction that I have ever read or heard. I really appreciate you putting into words what most people seem not to understand.
Thank you!
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