heystasa | H/D Fandom - just, urrrg! Stop sucking!!!! (Reply)

So I've been reading Harry/Draco 'fic alot lately. It is a great pairing, with some top stories, but...

Where is this notion that Seamus Finnigan is flamboyantly gay and very promiscuous coming from?

Granted, it's been a while since I read the books, and I didn't pay much attention to him anyway, but I'm sure I'd remember if he was written as eyeing Harry up lecherously. Where is it coming from?

A character can make a few jokes without being outrageously and unrelentingly flirtatious. Remember OotP, when he and Harry had a falling out? Or DH, with all the bruising on his face and whatnot? He was hardly the cheerful, fashion conscious, impossible-to-deter and unwilling to do anything too gritty or strenuous, walking stereotype that he is so often written as then, was he.

It's becoming a H/D convention: Seamus flirts with Harry, Harry blushes and can't discourage him, Malfoy gets jealous and makes Seamus bugger off for a while and then proceeds to snog Harry all possessive like. Later, Seamus gives Harry advice on the mechanics of gayness. Because he has somehow shagged half the boys in Hogwarts.

Just, aargh. It wasn't even entertaining the first time it was done, let alone in character. And too many writers seem to use it as a cop-out to make Harry feel more comfortable with his relationship with Malfoy, or as a source of "comedy". Bloody hell, can we get some originality here? I hate it and am sick of it.

Surprisingly, I've only encountered homophobic!Seamus once or twice, and then it wasn't so much homophobia, as just getting uncomfortable in the presence of Harry & Draco acting too couple-y or sexy (Which I think is one of the more realistic reactions a person might have in that situation, but is sadly almost never used. Fandom only seems to believe in one level of negative reaction to homosexuality).

Where is this coming from and why do so many people think it is a good idea? And why can I not seem to stop looking for H/D, even though so much of it is OOC rubbish with no sensible plot written by twits and filled with wank? And when oh when will the rhetorical questions end??

I posted this complaint on fanficrants, and someone there said that it had to do with the fact that many Americans find the Irish accent rather inherently gay/ feminine. What? How-huh-What? That is one of the single most stupid things I have ever heard. And what about Boston? I thought the whole idea there was tough Irishness.

Do Dean/Seamus shippers have to put up with this? If so, why in God's name would you even bother with that pairing.

It is a ridiculous notion that stems from blatant stupidity and a severe lack of knowledge about human behaviour. A fandom does not require an obligatory slutty character, and a story concerning homosexual themes does not require an absurd homosexual stereotype. I don't even care for Seamus in particular one way or the other, but I still can't stand him, or anyone else, being so warped so pointlessly.