Yes, I've seen this reaction as well...and it surprised me.
Like you, I've shipped UC and canon same gender pairings. And I enjoy homoerotic fiction. I'm also heterosexual.
But, there is an interesting subset of female "heterosexual" slash shippers that is a wee bit disturbing. Some don't like their bodies, others just don't like female characters nor find female characters interesting.
There is also...well the normal, anyone who gets in the way of my ship must die regardless of their sex, personality, or ethnicity or how likable or interesting they are as a character. LOL! Seriously it could be a stuffed animal and people would get upset. [This I see a lot in soap opera fandoms, mainly because soap operas adore love triangles of doom.)
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Date: 2013-12-05 10:32 pm (UTC)Like you, I've shipped UC and canon same gender pairings. And I enjoy homoerotic fiction. I'm also heterosexual.
But, there is an interesting subset of female "heterosexual" slash shippers that is a wee bit disturbing. Some don't like their bodies, others just don't like female characters nor find female characters interesting.
There is also...well the normal, anyone who gets in the way of my ship must die regardless of their sex, personality, or ethnicity or how likable or interesting they are as a character. LOL! Seriously it could be a stuffed animal and people would get upset. [This I see a lot in soap opera fandoms, mainly because soap operas adore love triangles of doom.)