AO3 has a harassment policy. There are ways to deal with abuse without banning essays. The capacity to post is not freedom from consequences.
I guess I'm interested, since I also find myself in fandoms with a lot of negativity to female characters, how do you propose to deal with all the fan ficton? A large number of post-series Harry/Snape stories start with Ginny having her character blackened as a shrewish cow, often an adulteress. SGA fandom was at least good enough to 'warn' for Keller bashing by using the two tags McKay/Sheppard and McKay/Keller, presumably meant to alert Keller haters to her presence in the story. I imagine this happens in every fandom with a popular m/m OTP and canonical female love interest. People don't have to write non-fiction to hatepuke. (Is there lovepuke? Sorry, it's late and my imagination is running wild. I bet lovepuke has glitter and rainbows.)
My feeling is that just because I profoundly disagree with another fan's opinion about a character or a show, I don't get to wipe their opinion away, no matter how loathesome it is. Much as I'd like to. I do get where you're coming from.
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Vera Mon 04 Mar 2013 10:57AM UTC
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